A Localization and Tracking System Using Single WiFi Link

Like its outdoor counterpart (e.g., GPS), an indoor tracking system can bring about disruptive changes in how we live and work. This paper proposes a location and tracking system using a single WiFi link based on channel state information. The system can realize real-time, decimeter-level localization and tracking. In this system, phase calibration and static path elimination are realized by multiplying the conjugate signals of different antennas. Then, a three-dimensional MUSIC algorithm is employed to estimate the angle of arrival (AOA), the time of flight (TOF), and the velocity of a target. A scheme is then developed to adjust the MUSIC search range and reduce the computation time from about ten hours to tens of seconds. The Widar2.0 data set from Tsinghua University are used for the experiments; the proposed system is found to have an average tracking error of 0.68 m in the three environments of classroom, office, and corridor, which is better than the existing single link localization and tracking system.