SnapLoc: an ultra-fast UWB-based indoor localization system for an unlimited number of tags: demo abstract

In this demo, we present SnapLoc, a UWB-based indoor localization system that allows decimeter-accurate self-localization of mobile tags by listening to only a single message. To this end, SnapLoc leverages (quasi-)simultaneous responses of multiple anchors. Based on these responses, the tag derives the time difference of arrival between anchors and unambiguously estimates its position. Thanks to this principle, SnapLoc carries out passive localization and supports an unlimited number of tags at high update rates. Our SnapLoc implementation runs on the off-the-shelf Decawave DW1000 UWB transceiver. The latter suffers from a limited transmit timestamp resolution that affects the achievable localization accuracy when used in conjunction with concurrent anchor responses. Therefore, in this demo we also showcase techniques to overcome these limitations and achieve nevertheless a high localization accuracy.