학술논문

Human Body Impact and Error Correction for Indoor UWB Ranging
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron. Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on. 70(1):2480-2491 Feb, 2024
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Distance measurement
Biological system modeling
Shadow mapping
Error correction
Consumer electronics
Reflection
Layout
UWB ranging
human body impact
error model
relative angle
particle filtering
Language
ISSN
0098-3063
1558-4127
Abstract
The degradation of indoor ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging accuracy caused by the non-line-of-sight (NLOS) condition has drawn considerable attention in the academic community. The existing solutions for generalized scenarios face challenges such as high cost, limited computational power, and lack of sufficient high-quality data, thereby hindering effective resolutions. Analyzing ranging errors caused by human body impact has been an effective approach for specific indoor scenarios. However, the accuracy of existing models and error correction schemes must be improved. After analyzing the error generation mechanisms of indoor UWB ranging, it was successfully identified that the two dominant error factors under human body impact include the human body shadowing error and the reference zero wall (RZW) reflection error. This paper proposes a particle filtering correction method based on Gaussian and generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution models and a direct compensation method. The experimental results show that the proposed Gauss-GEV error distribution model is more consistent with the measured values under line-of-sight (LOS) and human body shadowing conditions. The particle filtering correction scheme based on this model reduces the maximum mean error below 25 cm for human body shadowing error. A direct compensation scheme proposed to correct RZW reflection error also shows remarkable improvement in ranging accuracy. The human body impact model and error correction scheme for indoor UWB ranging proposed in this paper have great potential for indoor ranging applications.