The increasing diffusion of mobile and portable devices provided with wireless connectivity
makes the problem of distance measurement based on radio-frequency technologies …

Accurate positioning and distributed time synchronization for short-range personal area
networks (PAN) are expected to boost the impact of mobile wireless systems in a variety of …

This paper deals with the characterization of IEEE 802.15. 4 using the chirp spread spectrum
(CSS) physical layer. A new test bench, which has full bandwidth capability and extreme …

The 5G network prospect of seamlessly connected global devices with delay-tolerant
communication, millisecond latency and gigabits per second data rate suggests the need for …

Smart grids rely on bi-directional communications between energy production sites and
utilization sites. Usually, different approaches are used for implementing the required Wide …

The work presented in this paper is related with time synchronization for wireless networks.
In particular, it is focused on the proposal and experimental evaluation of a low-cost and …

In distributed data acquisition systems for industrial applications, the synchronization of the
time references of the nodes is essential to guarantee the right real-time behaviour of the …

An increasing number of distributed measurement and control applications requires that
network nodes are able to estimate the position and the time measured by other devices on …

Indoor positioning, also referred to as indoor localization, shall be defined as the process of
providing accurate people or objects coordinates inside a covered structure, such as an …

The paper deals with a new test bench for the assessment of time-related performance of
wireless systems implementing the IEEE 802.15. 4 with the Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS) …