Localization algorithm design and performance analysis in probabilistic LOS/NLOS environment

Publication Type:
Conference Proceeding
Citation:
2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016, 2016
Issue Date:
2016-07-12
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© 2016 IEEE. Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation, which widely exists in wireless systems, will degrade the performance of wireless positioning system if it is not taken into consideration in the localization algorithm design. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) suggests that the probabilities of line-of-sight (LOS) and NLOS are related to the distance between the receiver and the transmitter. In this paper, we propose a Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) for localization, which incorporates the distance dependent LOS/NLOS probabilities. Then, the position error bound is derived using Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB). Through numerical analysis, the impact of NLOS propagation on the position error bound is evaluated. The performance of our proposed algorithm is verified by real world experimental data.
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