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Noise reduction for variance-based device-free localization and tracking

  • Yang Zhao*
  • , Neal Patwari
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Utah

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Abstract

Human motion in the vicinity of a wireless link causes variations in the link received signal strength (RSS). Device-free localization (DFL) systems, such as variance-based radio tomographic imaging (VRTI) use these RSS variations in a wireless network to detect, locate and track people in the area of the network, even through walls. However, intrinsic motion, such as branches moving in the wind, rotating or vibrating machinery, also causes RSS variations which degrade the performance of a DFL system. In this paper, we propose and evaluate a subspace decomposition method subspace variance-based radio tomography (SubVRT) to reduce the impact of the variations caused by intrinsic motion. Experimental results show that the SubVRT algorithm reduces localization root mean squared error (RMSE) by 41%. In addition, the Kalman filter tracking results from SubVRT have 97% of errors less than 1.4 m, a 65% improvement compared to tracking results from VRTI.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 8th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2011
Pages179-187
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 8th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2011 - Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Duration: 27 Jun 201130 Jun 2011

Publication series

Name2011 8th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2011

Conference

Conference2011 8th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySalt Lake City, UT
Period27/06/1130/06/11

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