Drone Controller Localization Based on TDoA
Yuhong Wang, Yonghong Zeng, Peng Hui Tan, Sumei Sun, Yugang Ma · 2025
This paper studies time difference of arrival (TDoA)based algorithms for drone controller localization and analyzes TDoA estimation in multipath channels. Building on TDoA estimation, we propose two algorithms to enhance localization accuracy in multipath environments: the Maximum Likelihood (ML) algorithm, and the Least Squares Bancroft with GaussNewton (LS-BF-GN) algorithm. We evaluate these proposed algorithms in two typical outdoor channels: Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Channel F and the two-ray ground reflection (TRGR) channel. Our simulation results demonstrate that the ML and LS-BF-GN algorithms significantly outperform the LSBF algorithm in multipath channels. To further enhance localization accuracy, we propose averaging multiple tentative location estimations. Additionally, we evaluate the impact of time synchronization errors among sensors on localization performance through simulation.