Presentation 2015-12-18
A Real-Time Indoor Position Tracking System Using IR-UWB
Toshinori Kagawa, Huan-Bang Li, Ryu Miura,
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Abstract(in English) Demands for indoor-positioning or indoor-navigation are increasing in many fields such as marketing, shopping, industries, and anticrime applications recently. In this research, indoor-positioning method using IR-UWB (Impulse Radio Ultra-Wideband) is investigated. This method adopts TOA (Time of Arrival) distance surveying, and it has high precision compared to other positioning methods such as Wi-Fi positioning, IMES (Indoor MEssaging System), and iBeacon. In this paper, we illustrate configuration of IR-UWB positioning and characteristics. Then, we analyze the variation of positioning variance and positioning accuracy when the number of base stations is changed. Experiment was carried out in an exhibition hall where the IR-UWB positioning system was deployed for demonstration purpose. Finally, we describe future plans of practical applications.
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Keyword(in English) IR-UWB / Indoor Positioning / Indoor Navigation / Positioning Precision / Positioning Accuracy
Paper # WBS2015-74,ITS2015-46,RCC2015-76
Date of Issue 2015-12-10 (WBS, ITS, RCC)

Conference Information
Committee RCC / ITS / WBS
Conference Date 2015/12/17(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Okinawa Industry Support Center
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Topics (in English) ITS Communications, Reliable Communication, etc. Poster Session.
Chair Masaaki Katayama(Nagoya Univ.) / Tomotaka Nagaosa(Kanto Gakuin Univ.) / Hiromasa Habuchi(Ibaraki Univ.)
Vice Chair Shinsuke Hara(Osaka City Univ.) / Ryu Miura(NICT) / Masahiro Fujii(Utsunomiya Univ.) / Tomotaka Wada(Kansai Univ.) / Fumiaki Maehara(Waseda Univ.) / Minoru Okada(NAIST)
Secretary Shinsuke Hara(Kyoto Univ.) / Ryu Miura(Hokkaido Univ.) / Masahiro Fujii(AIST) / Tomotaka Wada(Utsunomiya Univ.) / Fumiaki Maehara(Univ. of Kitakyushu) / Minoru Okada(Tokyo City Univ.)
Assistant Koji Ishii(Kagawa Univ.) / Kentaro Kobayashi(Nagoya Univ.) / Kohei Ohno(Meiji Univ.) / Tetsuya Manabe(Saitama Univ.) / Yusuke Kozawa(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Akira Nakamura(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Ryohei Nakamura(National Defense Academy)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Reliable Communication and Control / Technical Committee on Intelligent Transport Systems Technology / Technical Committee on Wideband System
Language JPN
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Title (in English) A Real-Time Indoor Position Tracking System Using IR-UWB
Sub Title (in English) A Study on Relationship between Number of Base Station and Positioning Precision
Keyword(1) IR-UWB
Keyword(2) Indoor Positioning
Keyword(3) Indoor Navigation
Keyword(4) Positioning Precision
Keyword(5) Positioning Accuracy
1st Author's Name Toshinori Kagawa
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT)
2nd Author's Name Huan-Bang Li
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT)
3rd Author's Name Ryu Miura
3rd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT)
Date 2015-12-18
Paper # WBS2015-74,ITS2015-46,RCC2015-76
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) WBS-364,ITS-365,RCC-366
Page pp.pp.197-201(WBS), pp.197-201(ITS), pp.197-201(RCC),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2015-12-10 (WBS, ITS, RCC)