Recent Advances in Wireless Propagation and Its Impact on Localizations

Dear Colleagues,

The wireless propagation channel has a remarkable impact on radio-based positioning systems such as GPS and terrestrial-based systems. Coupling propagation to radio-based positioning has exhibited potential advantages with regard to enhancing the performance of positioning. In recent years, it has been extensively demonstrated that multipath propagation may be used to favorably enhance the positioning performance, even when there is an insufficient number of signalling opportunities. This Special Issue aims to collect recent research that foregrounds novel positioning techniques that are inspired by propagation characteristics. We welcome submissions and contributions that focus on topics that include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Wireless channel measurement for positioning application
• Wireless channel modeling for positioning application
• Multipath-assisted positioning and other novel positioning techniques
• Deep learning-based positioning
• Time-varying channel parameter tracking
• Deep learning-based channel parameter estimation
• Impact analysis of wireless channel on positioning

Prof. Dr. Wei Wang
Dr. Christian Gentner
Guest Editors

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• wireless channel
• positioning
• parameter estimation
• deep learning
• multipath-assisted positioning
• channel modeling