Research Article
UWB Sensor Nodes for Tracking of Human Motion in Medical and Rehabilitation Applications
@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261745, author={Manmohan Sharma and Clive Parini and Akram Alomainy}, title={UWB Sensor Nodes for Tracking of Human Motion in Medical and Rehabilitation Applications}, journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications}, volume={3}, number={10}, publisher={ACM}, journal_a={MCA}, year={2017}, month={6}, keywords={localisation, ultra-wideband sensors, on-body}, doi={10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261745} }- Manmohan Sharma
Clive Parini
Akram Alomainy
Year: 2017
UWB Sensor Nodes for Tracking of Human Motion in Medical and Rehabilitation Applications
MCA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261745
Abstract
This paper presents the experimental and investigational studies involving the use of compact ultra-wideband sensor nodes for tracking the human body motion. A standalone ultra-wideband positioning system developed by making use of commercially available impulse-radio UWB chips has been utilized for the localisation measurements. The operating principles of the technique used for position estimation and the results of various three dimensional localisation measurements undertaken using the system are provided. Details of the transmitter and receiver antennas and the UWB chip, the core components of this system have been discussed. Average localisation accuracy in the range of 1 to 5 cm has been achieved. The system makes use of time difference of arrival approach to estimate the 3D position of the target on-body node.
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