Combined Pulse Data Transmission and Indoor Localization Using 60-GHz-UWB MMIC Technology

Abstract

This article presents a pulse radio transmission system operating in the millimeter-wave regime for simultaneous binary information transmission and location in an intrabuilding environment. In particular, the location solution mutualizes the hardware architectures of three sensors of known position to extract the location information of a sensor entering their vicinity and, thus, uses the radio communication signals to extract this location information. Experimental validation considering the 60-GHz transceiver designed and realized on pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) technology is exemplary shown with localization error quantified to 16 cm.

Keywords

• Impulse system
• millimeter wave
• pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT)
• time difference of arrival (TDOA)
• ultrawide band (UWB)