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    Accurate Ultrasound Indoor Localization Using Spring-Relaxation Technique
    (MDPI (Basel, Switzerland), 2021-06) Chew MT; Alam F; Legg M; Sen Gupta G
    This paper reports on the development of an ultrasonic sensing-based active localization system. The system employs an ultrasonic array to transmit chirp signals and time-of-flight measurement for ranging. The position of the receiver is estimated iteratively using the spring-relaxation technique. A median and 90-percentile error of 12.4 and 21.7 mm, respectively, were obtained for measurements at 625 positions within a 1.2 × 1.2 m area testbed. The spring-relaxation technique outperforms the widely adopted linear least square-based lateration technique while using the same ranging data. The performance of the system is benchmarked against that of visible light positioning using the same platform setup. The reported results show the ultrasonic system to be more accurate when compared with the visible light positioning system, which achieved median and 90-percentile errors of 33.7 and 58.6 mm, respectively.
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    Novel adaptive transmission protocol for mobile sensors that improves energy efficiency and removes the limitation of state based adaptive power control protocol (SAPC)
    (MDPI AG, 15/03/2017) Basu D; Sen Gupta G; Moretti G; Gui X
    In this paper, we have presented a novel transmission protocol which is suited for battery-powered sensors that are worn by a patient when under medical treatment, and allow constant monitoring of health indices. These body-wearable sensors log data from the patient and transmit the data to a base-station or gateway, via a wireless link at specific intervals. The signal link quality varies because the distance between the patient and the gateway is not fixed. This may lead to packet drops that increase the energy consumption due to repeated retransmission. The proposed novel transmission power control protocol combines a state based adaptive power control (SAPC) algorithm and an intelligent adaptive drop-off algorithm, to track the changes in the link quality, in order to maintain an acceptable Packet success rate (PSR)(~99%). This removes the limitation of the SAPC by making the drop-off rate adaptive. Simulations were conducted to emulate a subject’s movement in different physical scenarios—an indoor office environment and an outdoor running track. The simulation results were validated through experiments in which the transmitter, together with the sensor mounted on the subject, and the subject themselves were made to move freely within the communicable range. Results showed that the proposed protocol performs at par with the best performing SAPC corresponding to a fixed drop-off rate value.