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Drone-aided Localization in LoRa IoT Networks

Delafontaine, Victor
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Schiano, Fabrizio  
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Cocco, Giuseppe
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May 11, 2020
2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Besides being part of the Internet of Things (IoT), drones can play a relevant role in it as enablers. The 3D mobility of UAVs can be exploited to improve node localization in IoT networks for, e.g., search and rescue or goods localization and tracking. One of the widespread IoT communication technologies is Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN), which allows achieving long communication distances with low power. In this work, we present a drone-aided localization system for LoRa networks in which a UAV is used to improve the estimation of a node's location initially provided by the network. We characterize the relevant parameters of the communication system and use them to develop and test a search algorithm in a realistic simulated scenario. We then move to the full implementation of a real system in which a drone is seamlessly integrated into Swisscom's LoRa network. The drone coordinates with the network with a two-way exchange of information which results in an accurate and fully autonomous localization system. The results obtained in our field tests show a ten-fold improvement in localization precision with respect to the estimation provided by the fixed network. Up to our knowledge, this is the first time a UAV is successfully integrated in a LoRa network to improve its localization accuracy.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196869
Web of Science ID

WOS:000712319500032

Author(s)
Delafontaine, Victor
Schiano, Fabrizio  
Cocco, Giuseppe
Rusu, Alexandru
Floreano, Dario  
Date Issued

2020-05-11

Publisher

IEEE

Publisher place

New York

Published in
2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
ISBN of the book

978-1-7281-7395-5

Series title/Series vol.

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA

Start page

286

End page

292

Subjects

Robotics

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internet

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uavs

URL

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http://icra2020.org/

conference website

http://icra2020.org/
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REVIEWED

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2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

virtual conference (originally Paris, France)

1-5 June 2020 (originally 31 May - 4 Jun)

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