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Local positioning will be one of the most exciting
features of the next generation of wireless systems.
With this technique a mobile device can either gather
the information about its position or can be localized
from elsewhere. Completely new concepts and features
in wireless data transmission and transponder systems
will be enabled by this. Self organizing sensor networks,
ubiquitous computing, location sensitive billing, context
dependent information services, tracking and guiding
are only some of the numerous possible application areas.
This paper gives an overview over existing wireless
positioning solutions and attempts to structure different
techniques and applications. Furthermore two novel positioning
systems currently developed by Siemens are featured
as system examples. First a neural cellular positioning
system NCPS is introduced. This system is designed for
positioning solutions for industrial, medical and consumer
scenarios and is based on existing wireless voice or
data infrastructure. Second the Siemens local positioning
radar (LPR) is presented. This system is designed for
cm-precision and realtime positioning in the area of
industrial logistics, control and automation. The application
examples are completed by an application in the field
of augmented reality computing.
Biography
Martin Vossiek was born in Dortmund, Germany, in 1964.
He received the Dipl.-Ing. degree and the Ph.D. degree
from the Ruhr-University Bochum, in 1991 and 1996. Since
1990 he is with Siemens Corporate Technology, Munich,
Germany. He joined the microwave and surface acoustic
wave research Group in 1996, where he was mainly involved
in the development of system concepts and signal processing.
As project manager of the microwave systems group of
Siemens Corporate Technology he his currently responsible
for product developments in the field of commercial
microwave sensor and communication systems. Dr. Vossiek
has authored or co-authored over 30 papers and holds
numerous patents. Martin Vossiek is a member of two
technical committees of the Association for Electrical,
Electronic & Information Technologies VDE.
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