Exploiting LTE signals for navigation: Theory to implementation

K Shamaei, J Khalife, ZM Kassas - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Exploiting cellular long-term evolution (LTE) downlink signals for navigation purposes is
considered. First, the transmitted LTE signal model is presented and relevant positioning …

[PDF][PDF] I hear, therefore I know where I am: Compensating for GNSS limitations with cellular signals

ZZM Kassas, J Khalife, K Shamaei… - IEEE Signal Processing …, 2017 - escholarship.org
1) They are extremely weak and unusable in certain environments (eg, indoors and deep
urban canyons)[1]. 2) They are susceptible to unintentional interference and intentional …

LTE receiver design and multipath analysis for navigation in urban environments

K Shamaei, ZM Kassas - Navigation, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mitigating multipath of cellular long‐term evolution (LTE) signals for robust positioning in
urban environments is considered. A computationally efficient receiver, which uses a phase …

On the achievability of submeter-accurate UAV navigation with cellular signals exploiting loose network synchronization

J Khalife, ZM Kassas - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A framework that could achieve submeter-level unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) horizontal
navigation in multipath-free environments with cellular carrier phase measurements is …

Multipath estimating delay lock loop for LTE signal TOA estimation in indoor and urban environments

P Wang, YJ Morton - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Long-term evolution (LTE) signals are potential signals-of-opportunity for position and
navigation, especially in challenging urban and indoor environments. A major challenge is …

A joint TOA and DOA acquisition and tracking approach for positioning with LTE signals

K Shamaei, ZM Kassas - IEEE Transactions on Signal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A receiver structure is proposed to jointly estimate the time-of-arrival (TOA) and azimuth and
elevation angles of direction-of-arrival (DOA) from received cellular long-term evolution …

Robust vehicular localization and map matching in urban environments through IMU, GNSS, and cellular signals

ZZM Kassas, M Maaref, JJ Morales… - IEEE Intelligent …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A framework for ground vehicle localization that uses cellular signals of opportunity (SOPs),
a digital map, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and a Global Navigation Satellite System …

Differential framework for submeter-accurate vehicular navigation with cellular signals

J Khalife, ZM Kassas - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A framework that could achieve submeter-level-accurate horizontal navigation with carrier
phase differential measurements from cellular signals is developed. This framework, termed …

An experimental analysis of cyclic and reference signals of 4G LTE for TOA estimation and positioning in mobile fading environments

C Yang, M Arizabaleta-Diez… - IEEE Aerospace and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
By design, the 4G LTE signals contain a few patterns that repeat in time and frequency (eg,
various reference signals and the cyclic prefix) to facilitate timing synchronization, frequency …

Sub-meter accurate UAV navigation and cycle slip detection with LTE carrier phase measurements

K Shamaei, ZM Kassas - Proceedings of the 32nd international technical …, 2019 - ion.org
A method to obtain sub-meter level navigation accuracy with cellular long-term evolution
(LTE) signals is developed. The proposed method utilizes an LTE software-defined receiver …