Publications/Presentations

Presentations

NEW! ION/IEEE ITM 2013, Precision Personnel Locator: Inverse Synthetic Array Reconciliation Tomography Performance, Presented by A. Cavanaugh, Co-Authors: M. Lowe, D. Cyganski, R. J. Duckworth, January 28-30, 2013, San Diego, CA
ION/IEEE Position Location And Navigation Symposium (PLANS) 2012: Precision Personnel Locator: Inverse Synthetic Aperture Array Reconciliation Tomography, A. Cavanaugh, M. Lowe, D. Cyganski, R. J. Duckworth, June 2012, Myrtle Beach, SC
M. Lowe, Precision Personnel Locator System Inertial Filtering for Improved Position Accuracy in Challenging RF Environments, Joint Navigation Conference, June 27-30, 2011, Colorado Springs, Co.
A. Cavanaugh, A New Bidirectional Transaction Approach to Improve Precision Location in Indoor Environments, ION ITM 2011, January 24-26, 2011, San Diego, CA
A. Cavanaugh, V. Amendolare (author), WPI Precision Personnel Locator System New RF Location Algorithms for Improved Precision Location in High Multipath Indoor Environments, ION JNC 2010.
A. Cavanaugh, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System: Rapid Deployment Antenna System and Sensor Fusion for 3D Precision Location", ION ITM 2010, Session A4: Urban Indoor Navigation Technology, January 25-27, 2010, San Diego, CA.
V. Amendolare, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System: Synchronization of Wireless Transceiver Units". Joint Navigation Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 2009.
B. Woodacre, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System: Antenna Geometry Estimation Using a Robust Multilateralization Technique." Institute of Navigation, 2009 International Technical Meeting, Anaheim, California, January 2009.
V. Amendolare, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System: Inertial Navigation Supplementation." Position Location And Navigation Symposium (PLANS) 2008, Monterey, California, May 2008.
B. Woodacre, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System: Automatic Antenna Geometry Estimation." The 2008 Joint Navigation Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2008.
B. Woodacre, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System: Automatic Antenna Geometry Estimation." Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting 2008, San Diego, California, January 2008.
R. J. Duckworth, "WPI Precision Personnel Location (PPL) System." Fifth IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference, January 2008. (3.2 MB PDF)
D. Cyganski, "WPI Precision Personnel Location (PPL) System." Institute of Navigation, 63rd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA, April 2007. (1.6MB PDF)
R. J. Duckworth, "WPI Precision Personnel Location (PPL) System." Joint Navigation Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2007. (7MB PDF)
R. J. Duckworth, "WPI Precision Personnel Location (PPL) System." Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan 2007. (6MB PDF)
D. Cyganski, J. A. Orr, B. Woodacre, R. Angilly, "Performance Limits and Field Tests of a Precision Indoor Positioning System using a Multi-Carrier Approach," Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26, 2005. (748KB PDF)
Requirements Workshop presentation, 7/20/04 (9.8MB PDF)
Presentation to ION-AM, June, 2004
Presentation to California alumni, 2/2/04 (9MB PDF)
Presentation to ION-NTM, January, 2004 (4.3MB PDF)
Video of initial audio demo (188.4MB AVI)
TDOA Positioning Algorithms: Evaluation and Implementation TATRC, 23 Sept 2003. (712KB PDF)
Northeast Technology and Product Assessment Committee (NTPAC) Presentation: Project Overview (11 Sep 2003) (336KB PDF)
Presentation to ION-GPS, September, 2003 (344KB PDF)
Project Overview (29 Aug 2003) (1.7MB PDF)
FEMA presentation, 9/4/01 (6.7MB PDF)

Publications

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NEW! ION/IEEE ITM 2013, Precision Personnel Locator: Inverse Synthetic Array Reconciliation Tomography Performance, by A. Cavanaugh, Co-Authors: M. Lowe, D. Cyganski, R. J. Duckworth, January 28-30, 2013, San Diego, CA
NEW! ION/IEEE Position Location And Navigation Symposium (PLANS) 2012: WPI Precision Personnel Locator: Inverse Synthetic Array Reconciliation Tomography, by A. Cavanaugh (author), M. Lowe, D. Cyganski, R. J. Duckworth, June 2012, Myrtle Beach, SC
"Bayesian Fusion Algorithm for Precision Personnel Location in Indoor Environments", by A. Cavanaugh, (author) M. Lowe, D. Cyganski, R.J. Duckworth, ION ITM 2011, Session A2: Urban and Indoor Navigation Technology 1, January 24-26, 2011, San Diego, CA
A. Cavanaugh, M. Lowe, D. Cyganski, R. J. Duckworth, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System:Rapid Deployment Antenna System and Sensor Fusion for 3D Precision Location", ION ITM 2010, Session A4: Urban Indoor Navigation Technology, January 25-27, 2010, San Diego, CA.
B. Woodacre, D. Cyganski, R. J. Duckworth, V. Amendolare, "WPI Precision Personnel Locator System: Antenna Geometry Estimation Using a Robust Multilateralization Technique ." Institute of Navigation, 2009 International Technical Meeting, Anaheim, California, January 2009.
V. Amendolare, D. Cyganski, R. J. Duckworth, S. Makarov, J. Coyne, H. Daempfling, B. Woodacre, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System: Inertial Navigation Supplementation." Position Location And Navigation Symposium (PLANS) 2008, Monterey, California, May 2008. J. Coyne, D. Cyganski, J. Duckworth, "FPGA-Based Co-processor for Singular Value Array Reconciliation Tomography," 16th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, Palo Alto, CA, April 2008.
B. Woodacre, D. Cyganski, J. Duckworth, S. Makarov, W. Michalson, J. Orr, et al., "WPI Precision Personnel Locator System: Automatic Antenna Geometry Estimation." Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting 2008, San Diego, California, January 2008.

D. Cyganski, J. Duckworth, S. Makarov, W. Michalson, J. Orr, et al., "WPI Precision Personnel Locator System – Evaluation by First Responders", The 20th International Technical Meeting of the Institute of Navigation Satellite Division, Fort Worth, TX, September 2007.
D. Cyganski, J. Duckworth, S. Makarov, W. Michalson, J. Orr, et al., "WPI Precision Personnel Locator System - Indoor Location Demonstrations and RF Design Improvements." Institute of Navigation, 63rd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA, April 2007. (1.6MB PDF)
D. Cyganski, J. Duckworth, S. Makarov, W. Michalson, J. Orr, et al., "WPI Precision Personnel Locator System." Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan 2007. (1.4MB PDF)
H. Dämpfling, "Design and Implementation of the Precision Personnel Locator Digital Transmitter System," Master's Thesis, WPI, December 2006. (5MB PDF)
R. J. Duckworth, H. K. Parikh, W. R. Michalson, "Radio Design and Performance Analysis of Multi Carrier-Ultrawideband (MC-UWB) Positioning System," Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26, 2005. (628KB PDF)
D. Cyganski, J. A. Orr, B. Woodacre, R. Angilly, "Performance Limits and Field Tests of a Precision Indoor Positioning System using a Multi-Carrier Approach," Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26, 2005. (504KB PDF)
H. K. Parikh, W. R. Michalson, R. J. Duckworth, "Performance Evaluation of the RF Receiver for Precision Positioning System," ION NTM, Long Beach, CA, Sept. 21-24, 2004. (1.1MB PDF)
NIJ/DOJ Proposal
Original WPI Whitepaper (184KB PDF)
Expanded WPI Whitepaper on Firefighter location (76KB PDF)
ION - GPS 2003 (140KB PDF)
ION -NTM 2004 (168KB PDF)
ION - AM 2004 (2.3MB PDF)
ION - GPS 2000, A System for Tracking and Locating Emergency Personnel Inside Buildings (1.7MB PDF)
Characterization of Multicarrier Locator Performance Daniel Breen's MS Thesis, 30 April 2004 (672KB PDF)
Flexible High-Speed Platform for Precision Personnel Location System Implementations, Darius Kazemi's MQP, May 2004 (1.2MB PDF)
Wireless Personnel Locator Requirements Assessment Focus Group Report, July 19-21, 2004, prepared by: Center for Technology Commercialization, Inc., Westborough, MA 01581 (2.4MB PDF)

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