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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Angle of arrival (AOA)"”.
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Designing a Multichannel Sense-and-Avoid Radar for Small UASs
… presents the design, analysis and test results of a 1.445 GHz Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) collision-avoidance radar for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs). This radar system is being developed by the department of Electrical Engineering (EE) in coordination with the Aerospace …
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Evaluation of Joint AOA and DOA Estimation Algorithms Using the Antenna Array Systems
… antenna array system for evaluating various Angle of Arrival (AOA) Position Location (PL) algorithms, such as MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC) and Estimation of Signal Parameters via Rotational Invariance Techniques ESPRIT algorithms. Since using delay of arrival information can improve …
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Navigation for UAVs using Signals of Opportunity
The reliance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for autonomous operation represents a significant vulnerability to their reliable and secure operation due to signal interference, both incidental (e.g. terrain shadowing, ionospheric scintillation) and …
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De-interleaving of Radar Pulses for EW Receivers with an ELINT Application
… for efficient data collection and for support of operational decisions. This dissertation proposed a de-interleaving solution for use with ELINT/Electronic-Support-Measures (ESM) receivers for purposes of ELINT with on-line application. The proposed solution does not require complex integration …
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Distributed Localization for Wireless Distributed Networks in Indoor Environments
… services can be realized. One type of positioning system is based on location fingerprints. Unlike the conventional positioning techniques of time of or time delay of arrival (TOA/TDOA) or even angle of arrival (AOA), fingerprinting associates unique characteristics such as received …
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Measured and Modeled Time and Angle Dispersion Characteristics of the 1.8 GHz Peer-to-Peer Radio Channel
… outdoor propagation study, low antenna heights of 1.7 m are used at both the transmitter and the receiver to measure over 3500 wideband power-delay profiles (PDPs) of the channel for a peer-to-peer communications system. Rural and urban areas are studied in 22 different transmitter-receiver …
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Novel Adaptive Array Algorithms and Their Impact on Cellular System Capacity
This report focuses on the application of adaptive arrays to the Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular systems. Adaptive arrays have been proposed as early as in the 1960s to improve the signal quality, but most of its applications were restricted to …
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Implementation of Geometrically Based Single-Bounce Models for Simulation of Angle-of-Arrival of Multipath Delay Components in the Wireless Channel Simulation Tools, SMRCIM and SIRCIM
… models are very useful for enhancing the design of all aspects of wireless communications. Smart antennas and systems used in position location are among the most popular new studies that require signal information such as the amplitude, phase, and angle-of-arrival (AOA) of multipath delay …
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Source localization from voice signals
Indoor localization remains an open field of research, due to its utility and unresolved challenges. This thesis focuses on sound source localization using a small microphone array. Practically speaking, the aim is to allow smart voice assistants, such as Amazon Echo or Google Home, which possess a …
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Terrestrial radio wave propagation at millimeter-wave frequencies
… measurement techniques are analyzed. Three types of measurement systems are designed, and implemented in measurement campaigns: a narrowband measurement system, a wideband measurement system based on Vector Network Analyzer, and sliding correlator systems at 5.8+AH4AXA-mbox{GHz}, …
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Ultra-Wideband for Communications: Spatial Characteristics and Interference Suppression
… and position location applications. Knowledge of the statistical nature of the channel is necessary to design wireless systems that provide optimum performance. This thesis investigates the spatial characteristics of the channel based on measurements conducted using UWB pulses in an indoor …
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Detection, identification and localization of R/C electronic devices through their unintended emissions
"The accurate and reliable detection of unintended emissions from radio receivers has a broad range of commercial and security applications. This thesis presents detection, identification, and localization methods for multiple RC electronic devices in a realistic environment. First, a Hurst …
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Node localization in underwater sensor networks (UWSN)
… (UWSNs) where anchor nodes have knowledge of their own locations and communicate with sensor nodes in acoustic or magnetic induction (MI) means. The sensor nodes utilize the communication signals and the locations of anchor nodes to locate themselves and propagate their locations through …
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Multichannel Sense and Avoid Radar for Small UAVs
This dissertation investigates the feasibility of creating a multichannel sense and avoid radar system for small fixed-wing UAVs (also known as sUAS or drones). The target sUAS is a 40% Yak-54 remote controlled aircraft with a typical payload of 10 lbs. Small UAS’s such as these are increasing in …
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Investigation of Indoor Propagation Algorithms for Localization Purposes: Simulation and Measurements of Indoor Propagation Algorithms for Localization Applications using Wall Correction Factors, Local Mean Power Estimation and Ray Tracing Validations
The objective of this work is to enhance the awareness of the indoor propagation behaviour, by a set of investigations including simulations and measurements. These investigations include indoor propagation behaviour, local mean power estimation, proposing new indoor path loss model and introducing …
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Analysis and Implementation of a Novel Single Channel Direction Finding Algorithm on a Software Radio Platform
… in a combination to determine the azimuth angle of a distant emitter. Basically, all DF systems derive the emitter location from an initial determination of the angle-of-arrival (AOA). Radio direction finding techniques have classically been based on multiple-antenna systems employing …
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Resource Management In 3G Systems Employing Smart Antennas
… voice services to mobile users. The integration of such heterogeneous traffic types implies that the network must provide differentiated Quality of Service (QoS). Beam forming techniques have been proposed to increase the spectral efficiency of the wireless channel. Using beamforming in the …
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Switched beam array antenna for 2.45 GHz RFID localisation
… libraries, building access systems. The number of applications and devices has developed explosively in the past decade and has become one of the fastest growing sectors of the radio technology industry. RFID systems allow information to be attached to items such as products, animals or even …
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Modelling and resolving of the ambiguous angle of arrival measurements of the SANAE IV SuperDARN Radar
… forms a multinational collaboration consisting of over 30 HF radars used to monitor charged particle convections in the high latitudes of the ionosphere. This research is inspired by the antenna arrangement of one of these HF radars situated at the South African National Antarctic Expedition …
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Sensor arrays for the measurement of dispersive, flexural waves in structures for signal-to-noise ratio enhancement and angle of arrival determination
This work examines the application of sensor arrays to structures. The wave equation solution of Euler-Bernoulli beam theory provides the structural model for this study. A review of basic array theories for the enhancement of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and determination of angle of arrival (AOA) …
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