WPI Precision Personnel Locator System

D. Cyganski, J. Duckworth, S. Makarov, W. Michalson, J. Orr, V. Amendolare, J. Coyne, H. Daempfling, J. Farmer, D. Holl, S. Kulkarni, H. Parikh, and B. Woodacre

Abstract:	This paper describes the latest developments of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Precision Personnel Locator (PPL) system [1-7]. This RF-based system is used to track first responders and other personnel in indoor environments and assumes no existing infrastructure. Recent developments in a variety of areas, including creating new signal processing algorithms, RF and digital hardware, and antenna design, have enabled demonstration of indoor location to better than 1m accuracy in difficult environments with a multicarrier signal of 60 MHz bandwidth. Current work is directed at demonstrating sub-meter indoor positioning accuracy.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2007 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 22 - 24, 2007 The Catamaran Resort Hotel San Diego, CA
Pages:	806 - 814
Cite this article:	Cyganski, D., Duckworth, J., Makarov, S., Michalson, W., Orr, J., Amendolare, V., Coyne, J., Daempfling, H., Farmer, J., Holl, D., Kulkarni, S., Parikh, H., Woodacre, B., "WPI Precision Personnel Locator System," Proceedings of the 2007 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, San Diego, CA, January 2007, pp. 806-814.
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