Indoor localization

Maciej Nikodem, PhD DSc, is a University Professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology with over 15 years of research experience in Wireless Communication Systems for the Internet of Things (IoT). His core expertise lies in the development of dedicated communication protocols and indoor localization techniques designed for resource-constrained environments.

Key Areas

• Indoor Positioning and Ranging: He possesses deep theoretical and practical knowledge of various localization methods, including Received Signal Strength (RSSI), Time of Flight (ToF), Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA), phase-based Angle of Arrival (AoA), and phase-based ranging (PBR).

• Propagation Phenomena Analysis: A major focus of his current research is the detection and mitigation of radio propagation phenomena (such as multipath, Non-Line-of-Sight (nLoS) conditions, frequency-selective fading, and shadowing) using only high-level measurements from commodity IoT devices.

• Low-Power Communication Protocols: He is an expert in designing energy-efficient and reliable protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and IoT standards, including Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), LoRaWAN, DASH7, and UWB (Ultra-Wideband).

• Embedded Systems and Hardware: His background includes the design of low-power sensing devices, hardware-accelerated simulations using FPGA, and modeling the thermal behavior of digital circuits.

• Security and Cryptography: His early academic work (including PhD thesis) focused on protecting resource-constrained devices against cryptanalysis and ensuring data security in internet transactions.