Array processing for RFID tag localization exploiting multi-frequency signals

Yimin Zhang; Xin Li; Moeness G. Amin

doi:10.1117/12.819956

1 May 2009 Array processing for RFID tag localization exploiting multi-frequency signals

Yimin Zhang, Xin Li, Moeness G. Amin

Proceedings Volume 7349, Wireless Sensing and Processing IV; 734907 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819956
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

RFID is an increasingly valuable business and technology tool for electronically identifying, locating, and tracking products, assets, and personnel. As a result, precise positioning and tracking of RFID tags and readers have received considerable attention from both academic and industrial communities. Finding the position of RFID tags is considered an important task in various real-time locating systems (RTLS). As such, numerous RFID localization products have been developed for various applications. The majority of RFID positioning systems is based on the fusion of pieces of relevant information, such as the range and the direction-of-arrival (DOA). For example, trilateration can determine the tag position by using the range information of the tag estimated from three or more spatially separated reader antennas. Triangulation is another method to locate RFID tags that use the direction-of-arrival (DOA) information estimated at multiple spatially separated locations. The RFID tag positions can also be determined through hybrid techniques that combine the range and DOA information. The focus of this paper to study the design and performance of the localization of passive RFID tags using array processing techniques in a multipath environment, and exploiting multi-frequency CW signals. The latter are used to decorrelate the coherent multipath signals for effective DOA estimation and for the purpose of accurate range estimation. Accordingly, the spatial and frequency dimensionalities are fully utilized for robust and accurate positioning of RFID tags.

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Yimin Zhang, Xin Li, and Moeness G. Amin "Array processing for RFID tag localization exploiting multi-frequency signals", Proc. SPIE 7349, Wireless Sensing and Processing IV, 734907 (1 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819956

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