Breaking the Range Limit of RFID Localization: Phase-based Positioning with Tunneling Tags

Qi, Cheng; Amato, Francesco; Alhassoun, Mohammad; Durgin, Gregory D.

doi:10.1109/rfid.2019.8719276

Cited by 27 publications

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“…The study detailed in [70] explores a new approach to extend the range of RFID tracking using low-power Tunneling Tags through the PDoA method in the frequency domain. The proposal is shown to be effective in both indoor and outdoor scenarios, demonstrating excellent performance in terms of accuracy, robustness to interference, and power efficiency.…”

Section: Radio Range-basedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trustworthy Localization in IoT Networks: A Survey of Localization Techniques, Threats, and Mitigation

Pettorru,

Pilloni,

Martalò

2024

Sensors

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized the world, connecting billions of devices that offer assistance in various aspects of users’ daily lives. Context-aware IoT applications exploit real-time environmental, user-specific, or situational data to dynamically adapt to users’ needs, offering tailored experiences. In particular, Location-Based Services (LBS) exploit geographical information to adapt to environmental settings or provide recommendations based on users’ and nodes’ positions, thus delivering efficient and personalized services. To this end, there is growing interest in developing IoT localization systems within the scientific community. In addition, due to the sensitivity and privacy inherent to precise location information, LBS introduce new security challenges. To ensure a more secure and trustworthy system, researchers are studying how to prevent vulnerabilities and mitigate risks from the early design stages of LBS-empowered IoT applications. The goal of this study is to carry out an in-depth examination of localization techniques for IoT, with an emphasis on both the signal-processing design and security aspects. The investigation focuses primarily on active radio localization techniques, classifying them into range-based and range-free algorithms, while also exploring hybrid approaches. Next, security considerations are explored in depth, examining the main attacks for each localization technique and linking them to the most interesting solutions proposed in the literature. By highlighting advances, analyzing challenges, and providing solutions, the survey aims to guide researchers in navigating the complex IoT localization landscape.

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Section: Radio Range-basedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trustworthy Localization in IoT Networks: A Survey of Localization Techniques, Threats, and Mitigation

Pettorru,

Pilloni,

Martalò

2024

Sensors

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“…Owing to their minimally invasive nature and long lifetime, wireless passive sensors are of growing interest. In making this type of sensor more practical, there are a variety of advancements being made including lower power electronics [261,262], new energy harvesting circuits [263–265], using inkjet-printing for inexpensive fabrication [266,267], extending read ranges for non-contact long range monitoring [258,268–270], developing novel post-processing techniques [259,271,272] and creating more robust sensors for extreme environments [273,274], to name a few.…”

Section: Sensors and Sensingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of advances in microwave and millimetre-wave NDT&E: principles and applications

Brinker

Dvorsky

Ghasr

et al. 2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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Microwave and millimetre-wave non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) has a long history dating back to the late 1950s (Bahr 1982 Microwave non-destructive testing methods ; Zoughi 2000 Microwave Non-destructive testing and evaluation principles ; Feinstein 1967 Surface crack detection by microwave methods ; Ash 1973 In 3rd European Microwave Conference ; Auld 1981 Phys. Technol. 12 , 149–154; Case 2017 Mater. Eval. 75 ). However, sustained activities in this field date back to the early 1980s (Zoughi 1995 Res. Nondestr. Eval. 7 , 71–74; Zoughi 2018 Mater. Eval. 76 , 1051–1057; Kharkovsky 2007 IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine 10 , 26–38). Owing to various limitations associated with using microwaves and millimetre waves for NDT&E, these techniques did not see much utility in the early days. However, with the advent and prevalence of composite materials and structures, in a wide range of applications, and technological advances in high-frequency component design and availability, these techniques are no longer considered as ‘emerging techniques’ (Zoughi 2018 Mater. Eval. 76 , 1051–1057; Schull 2002 Nondestructive evaluation: theory, techniques, and applications ). Currently, microwave and millimetre-wave NDT&E is a rapidly growing field and has been more widely acknowledged and accepted by practitioners over the last 25+ years (Case 2017 Mater. Eval. 75 ; Bakhtiari 1994 IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech . 42 , 389–395; Bakhtiari 1993 Mater. Eval. 51 , 740–743; Bakhtiari 1993 IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 42 , 19–24; Ganchev 1995 IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 44 , 326–328; Bois 1999 IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 48 , 1131–1140; Ghasr 2009 IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 58 , 1505–1513). Microwave non-destructive testing was recently recognized and designated by the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) as a ‘Method’ on its own (Case 2017 Mater. Eval. 75 ). These techniques are well suited for materials characterization; layered composite inspection for thickness, disbond, delamination and corrosion under coatings; surface-breaking crack detection and evaluation; and cure-state monitoring in concrete and resin-rich composites, to name a few. This work reviews recent advances in four major areas of microwave and millimetre-wave NDT&E, namely materials characterization, surface crack detection, imaging and sensors. The techniques, principles and some of the applications in each of these areas are discussed. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Advanced electromagnetic non-destructive evaluation and smart monitoring’.

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“…The particular structure of a tunnel diode makes it suitable for different kind of applications; it can be used, for example, as impedance tuner [4] or as a reflection amplifier [5]. In RFIDs it can improve the read range [6] and allow the long-range tracking of tagged objects [7]. In this paper, we demonstrate the circuit design and preliminary measurement results of a Harmonic Tunneling Tag (Fig.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

The Harmonic Tunneling Tag: a Dual-Band Approach to Backscattering Communications

Amato

Hemour

2019

2019 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA)

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As an answer to the self-interference problem inherent to RFID systems, this work proposes a dual-band backscattering architecture. A dual-band RFID system architecture can bring several advantages to the RFID technology. In fact, a dual-band reader could operate without any self-interference cancellation circuit that currently limits its sensitivity; moreover, its dual-band architecture would be compatible with software defined radio-based cellphones. Dual-band readers will need to talk with low-powered dual-band tags that up-convert, modulate, and backscatter the impinging signal from the fundamental frequency to the 2 nd harmonic without weakening the communication link. This article reports on the UHF dual-band Harmonic Tunneling Tag capable of backscattering and amplifying a 900 MHz signal when receiving an input carrier at 450 MHz. The Harmonic Tunneling Tag provides positive conversion gains (+7 dB) that improve the communication link by a factor of 2 and operates under a very low bias voltage of 0.16 V.

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Breaking the Range Limit of RFID Localization: Phase-based Positioning with Tunneling Tags

Cited by 27 publications

References 12 publications

Trustworthy Localization in IoT Networks: A Survey of Localization Techniques, Threats, and Mitigation

Trustworthy Localization in IoT Networks: A Survey of Localization Techniques, Threats, and Mitigation

Review of advances in microwave and millimetre-wave NDT&E: principles and applications

The Harmonic Tunneling Tag: a Dual-Band Approach to Backscattering Communications

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