PhD: Ultrawideband Radio Indoor Positioning System

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label Burse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:00 history_edu Diana Ignat
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Job description

Over the last decade, satellite navigation using GPS has become ubiquitous. Professional users of GPS services and mass market consumers expect that GPS will be available anywhere, anytime. However, where it is needed most – typically in built-up areas and indoors – satellite navigation performs worst. These environments call for the use of a wideband signal, instead of a narrowband satellite navigation signal, to resolve multipath and for local transmissions, to provide sufficient signal power. These required fundamental properties suggest Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio as a promising technique for localisation.

The research project's goal is to design and develop an effective, scalable and low-cost indoor positioning system for practical applications, using UWB radio signals. Channel, multiple access and radio signal processing aspects are part of the research, as well as scalability, infrastructure and positioning aspects. The candidates together will also develop, build and test a working prototype UWB positioning system, targeting low-complexity end-user devices and sub-decimeter level positioning accuracy.

Two PhD students will work in close collaboration. The project is being carried out jointly by the Circuits and Systems group of the Electrical Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty, and the Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning group of the Civil Engineering and Geosciences Faculty.