Signal processing for wireless positioning

Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering

Tampere University of Technology (TUT)

The Signal Processing for wireless positioning group is working under the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering (ELT) at the Tampere University of Technology (TUT). Our target is to perform research and provide teaching in the area of mobile wireless positioning. Currently, our main research direction on cognitive positioning algorithms for seamless indoor-outdoor localization.

Research topics of interest - Baseband receiver processing (acquisition, tracking, ...) - Binary Offset Carrier (BOC) modulation studies - Wireless positioning (UMTS/WCDMA mobile positioning, Galileo, GPS and modernized GPS, GLONASS, ...) - CDMA signal processing algorithms - GNSS receiver design - Accurate tracking in multipath channels - Unambiguous acquisition of BOC/MBOC signals; sidelobe cancellation methods - Indoor fading channel modeling - Carrier To Noise Ratio (CNR) estimators - Pseudolite-based positioning - Indoor & urban positioning and urban channel modeling - Carrier phase estimators - Simulink-based models for Galileo and GPS receivers - WLAN-based positioning and cooperative positioning - Cellular based positioning - User-driven Location Based Services – user surveys and statistical analysis - Compressed sensing for WLAN localization - 3D localization and floor detection - Spectrum sensing for location purposes - Signals of opportunity - Convergence of communication and navigation signals - Users mobility models - Privacy and physical layer security in mobile localization Events Job opportunities Group publications Open-source software and measurement data People Courses Projects Other navigation-related research activities at TUT · MULTI-POS – Marie Curie Initial Training Network · DCS (Department of Digital and Computer Systems) Hardware Group · DCS (Department of Digital and Computer Systems) Navigation Group · TUT/Math Positioning Group · DCE/RNG (Department of Communications Engineering) – cellular mobile positioning techniques Other navigation-related research activities in Finland · Finnish Geodetic Institute · Laboratory of Geoinformation and Positioning Technology, HUT · Positioning for short-range communication devices- research activities at Center of Wireless Communications, Oulu, Finland Navigation-related research activities outside Finland Surveying, Positioning and Navigation Group at RMIT, Australia Satellite Navigation & Positioning Laboratory (SNAP Lab), University of New South Wales, Australia Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna, Austria Position, Location And Navigation (PLAN) Group, University of Calgary, Canada Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada Danish GPS center, Denmark Institute of Geodesy and Navigation at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Germany Department of Geodesy & Geoinformatics, Stuttgart, Germany NavSas group, Politecnico di Torino and Mario Boella Institute, Italy Comlab from University of Pisa, Italy Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands ICT group at TUDelft, Netherlands SPCOMNAV group from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain SPACE (Seamless Positioning in All Conditions and Environments), UK UCL GNSS, Geodesy and Navigation Research Group, University College London, UK SPCOM, University of Leeds, UK Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy, Nottingham, UK Avionics Engineering Center, Ohio University, US Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department, University of Minnesota, US Mobile and portable radio group, VirginiaTech, US GPS Research Laboratory at Stanford University, US Website for Research on Satellite-based Navigation System, N/A

Links Institute of Navigation European Space Agency Portal European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) GSA Virtual library InsideGNSS GPS World Free patents on-line Research papers from MITRE corporation Research papers from Munich Institute of Geodesy and navigation Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe - UK GPS-practice and fun

Updated on July 1st, 2014.