[Tccc] CFP: Special Issue of IEEE JSTSP on Non-cooperative Localization Networks

Neal Patwari npatwariatece.utah.edu
Tue Dec 18 15:25:59 EST 2012



 Call for Papers - IEEE Signal Processing Society
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing  

Special Issue on Non-cooperative Localization Networks

Localization of non-cooperative subjects refers to the process of
locating subjects who are not intentionally participating in the
localization process but still affect the radio spectrum in some way.
The subjects may be actively avoiding localization, or they may be
passive and not emitting any useful signals; however, a wireless
network deployed to locate them may contain elements which actively
transmit. Applications of this area include anti-terrorism or law
enforcement, patient monitoring in medical facilities, and
location-aware services and data-mining. In anti-terrorism and
law-enforcement, the subjects are generally hostile and are trying to
maintain a low radio profile; whereas in location-aware commercial
services, the subjects may not mind being located, but they are still
unlikely to actively assist the process.

Non-cooperative localization methods tend to fall under three
categories: exploitation of a subject's radio shadow, as in radio
tomographic imaging (RTI); exploitation of a subject's radio
reflectance, as in multistatic radar or ultra wideband
through-the-wall imaging; and exploitation of a subject's radio
emissions, as in radio frequency identification (RFID) tag tracking or
tracking spurious emissions from a radio device's local oscillator.
This special issue covers the signal processing theory, modeling, and
implementation issues particular to localization of non-cooperative
subjects. The sensor network may consist of a single or multiple
sensing modalities. Specific topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

 o Localization of passive or device-free subjects
 o Radio tomographic imaging
 o Passive subject ultra wideband position location networks and
through-the-wall human tracking
 o Passive, multistatic radar and multi-target tracking
 o Localization of RFID tags
 o Localization of a radio device via its spurious or evasive emissions
 o Signal processing for sparse localization networks: compressive
sensing and statistical inversion
 o Passive localization in the presence of multipath,
non-line-of-sight, jamming, and/or interference
 o Ad-hoc passive localization with a sparse matrix of nodes and/or
with nodes dropping in and out
 o Communication and routing protocols for RTI networks or RFID tag
tracking networks

Prospective authors should visit
   http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/publications/periodicals/jstsp/
for information on paper submission.  Manuscripts should be submitted
using the Manuscript Central system at
   http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jstsp-ieee
Manuscripts will be reviewed via the standard IEEE process.

Manuscript submission due: Jan. 17, 2013
First review completed: Apr. 10, 2013
Revised manuscript due: Jun. 10, 2013
Second review completed: Sep. 10, 2013
Final manuscript due: Oct. 1, 2013

Lead guest editor:

R. Michael Buehrer, Dept. of Electrical & Comp. Eng., Virginia Tech

Guest editors:

Christopher Anderson, Dept. of Electrical & Comp. Eng., The U.S. Naval Academy
Richard Martin, Dept. of Electrical & Comp. Eng., The Air Force Inst.
of Technology
Neal Patwari, Dept. of Electrical & Comp. Eng., University of Utah
Michael Rabbat, Dept. of Electrical & Comp. Eng., McGill University
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