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We present a wireless sensor network, deployed and tested for real aircraft applications. By employing IEEE
802.15.4-2011 UWB compliant transceivers, with a time slotted channel access protocol, characteristics of indoor propagation are studied. A test setup in an aircraft’s empty passenger cabin is presented and wireless channel features are analy...
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... For instance, in [83], a UWB-based solution to transmit sensor data wirelessly within a spacecraft has been proposed. A similar approach to transmitting sensor data within aircraft is available in [84], [85]. In the railway industry, UWB has been proposed as a solution for inter-car connectivity [86], safety assurance, and signaling, for example, the surveillance of some critical parts such as level crossing control, interlocking, and dispatching [87]. ...
Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is a mature technology that contested other wireless technologies in the advent of the IoT but did not achieve the same levels of widespread adoption. In recent years, however, with its potential as a wireless ranging and localization solution, it has regained momentum. Within the robotics field, UWB positioning systems are being increasingly adopted for localizing autonomous ground or aerial robots. In the Industrial IoT (IIoT) domain, its potential for ad-hoc networking and simultaneous positioning is also being explored. This survey overviews the state-of-the-art in UWB networking and localization for robotic and autonomous systems. We also cover novel techniques focusing on more scalable systems, collaborative approaches to localization, ad-hoc networking, and solutions involving machine learning to improve accuracy. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first survey to put together the robotics and IIoT perspectives and to emphasize novel ranging and positioning modalities. We complete the survey with a discussion on current trends and open research problems.
... For instance, in [83], a UWB-based solution to transmit sensor data wirelessly within a spacecraft has been proposed. A similar approach to transmitting sensor data within aircraft is available in [84], [85]. In the railway industry, UWB has been proposed as a solution for inter-car connectivity [86], safety assurance, and signaling, for example, the surveillance of some critical parts such as level crossing control, interlocking, and dispatching [87]. ...
Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is a mature technology that contested other wireless technologies in the advent of the IoT but did not achieve the same levels of widespread adoption. In recent years, however, with its potential as a wireless ranging and localization solution, it has regained momentum. Within the robotics field, UWB positioning systems are being increasingly adopted for localizing autonomous ground or aerial robots. In the Industrial IoT (IIoT) domain, its potential for ad-hoc networking and simultaneous positioning is also being explored. This survey overviews the state-of-the-art in UWB networking and localization for robotic and autonomous systems. We also cover novel techniques focusing on more scalable systems, collaborative approaches to localization, ad-hoc networking, and solutions involving machine learning to improve accuracy. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first survey to put together the robotics and IIoT perspectives and to emphasize novel ranging and positioning modalities. We complete the survey with a discussion on current trends and open research problems.
... For all other uses, contact the owner/author(s). in-aircraft wireless networks [9,[11][12][13][14][15][16]. Use cases include wireless connectivity of hundreds of sensors in passenger cabins and cargo areas. ...
... Section 5 contains conclusions and outlook to future work. The paper is based on our preliminary results on UWB aircraft sensor networks, presented as extended abstracts and posters [11,12]. ...
There is a strong demand in the aviation industry to replace cables in airplanes by wireless connectivity to gain flexibility and reduce weight. Such in-plane wireless communications must be reliable and robust against interference. As part of our activities in this domain, we present a proof-of-concept for an ultra-wideband (UWB) sensor network deployed in a mockup of a small passenger cabin of a commercial aircraft with a few passengers and report experimental results on the packet loss rate with off-the-shelf IEEE 802.15.4-2011
compliant UWB transceivers. It is shown that a combination of spatial and temporal diversity can significantly lower the packet loss rate of different link types without degrading throughput.
