Utz Roedig

Combining Positioning & Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers

Paul Alcock and Utz Roedig. Combining Positioning & Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers. In Proceedings of the 6th IEEE European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN2009), Cork, Ireland, February 2009. (Poster Presentation).

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Abstract

A new generation of ultra wide band (UWB) communication transceivers are becoming available that supports both positioning and communication tasks. Transceiver manufacturers envision that communication and positioning features are used separately and asymmetrically. We believe that this is an unnecessary restriction of the available hardware and that positioning and communication tasks can be active concurrently. This paper presents and investigates a medium access control (MAC) protocol which combines communication and positioning functions. The presented MAC protocol extends an established protocol concept which is used, for example, in the standard TinyOS low power listening component. Our experiments show that the existing data communication of a network can be exploited to gather position information efficiently.

BibTeX

@InProceedings{         ewsn09:alcock,
  author        	= {Paul Alcock and Utz Roedig},
  title         	= {{Combining Positioning & Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers}},
  year          	= {2009},
  month         	= February,
  booktitle     	= {Proceedings of the 6th IEEE European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN2009), Cork, Ireland},
  note          	= {(Poster Presentation).},
  abstract		= 
	{
			A new generation of ultra wide band (UWB) communication transceivers are becoming available that supports both positioning 
			and communication tasks. Transceiver manufacturers envision that communication and positioning features are used separately 
			and asymmetrically. We believe that this is an unnecessary restriction of the available hardware and that positioning and 
			communication tasks can be active concurrently. This paper presents and investigates a medium access control (MAC) protocol 
			which combines communication and positioning functions. The presented MAC protocol extends an established protocol concept 
			which is used, for example, in the standard TinyOS low power listening component. Our experiments show that the existing data 
			communication of a network can be exploited to gather position information efficiently.
	}
}