Publications/Presentations
See Also
- Pages on Integrated Firefighter Locator and Physiological Monitor
- Second annual workshop "Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders", August 6-7, 2007
- First annual workshop "Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders", August 7-8, 2006
- System Requirements Workshop, June 19-21, 2004
Presentations
Note: Some material in these presentations may be outdated.
- NEW! V. Amendolare, "WPI Precision Personnel Location System: Synchronization of Wireless Transceiver Units". Joint Navigation Conference, Orlando, Florida, 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
Note: These publications are protected by copyright.
- NEW! 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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