arXiv:2603.18027eess.SPcs.AI2026-03

用知识蒸馏让定位系统自动调节误差,提升复杂环境下的稳定性。

KD-EKF: Knowledge-Distilled Adaptive Covariance EKF for Robust UWB/PDR Indoor Localization

  • 用教师模型学习历史轨迹,生成轻量学生模型实时预测位置
  • 学生模型根据预测误差动态调整卡尔曼滤波的测量噪声参数
  • 无需人工调参,显著降低非视距切换时的定位跳变和长期漂移

超宽带(UWB)室内定位可实现厘米级精度与低延迟,但在非视距(NLOS)条件下测量可靠性严重下降,导致米级测距误差且不确定性特征不一致。基于惯性测量单元(IMU)的行人航迹推算(PDR)可提供无基础设施的运动估计,但其误差随时间非线性累积,源于偏差与噪声传播。基于扩展卡尔曼滤波(EKF)和粒子滤波(PF)的融合方法可通过概率状态估计提升平均定位精度,但通常依赖人工调参的测量协方差。此类固定或启发式设定的参数难以适应不同室内布局、NLOS比例和运动模式,导致测量不确定性建模鲁棒性差、泛化能力弱。为此,本文提出一种自适应测量协方差缩放框架,从历史UWB/PDR轨迹中学习可靠性线索。采用大规模教师模型离线生成结构化序列下的时序一致位置预测,并将该行为蒸馏至适合实时部署的轻量学生模型。学生模型持续依据预测残差调节EKF测量协方差,实现无需人工重调的环境感知融合。实验表明,所提KD-EKF框架显著降低定位误差,抑制了视线(LOS)/非视距(NLOS)转换期间的误差突增,并减轻长期漂移,提升了多样室内环境下的测量鲁棒性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Ultra-wideband (UWB) indoor localization provides centimeter-level accuracy and low latency, but its measurement reliability degrades severely under Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) conditions, leading to meter-scale ranging errors and inconsistent uncertainty characteristics. Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)-based Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR) complements UWB by providing infrastructure-free motion estimation; however, its error accumulates nonlinearly over time due to bias and noise propagation. Fusion methods based on Extended Kalman Filters (EKF) and Particle Filters (PF) can improve average localization accuracy through probabilistic state estimation. However, these approaches typically rely on manually tuned measurement covariances. Such fixed or heuristically tuned parameters are hard to sustain across varying indoor layouts, NLOS ratios, and motion patterns, leading to limited robustness and poor generalization of measurement uncertainty modeling in heterogeneous environments. To address this limitation, this work proposes an adaptive measurement covariance scaling framework in which reliability cues are learned from historical UWB/PDR trajectories. A large teacher model is employed offline to generate temporally consistent next-position predictions from structured UWB/PDR sequences, and this behavior is distilled into a lightweight student model suitable for real-time deployment. The student model continuously regulates EKF measurement covariances based on prediction residuals, enabling environment-aware fusion without manual re-tuning. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed KD-EKF framework significantly reduces localization error, suppresses error spikes during Line-of-Sight (LOS)/NLOS transitions, and mitigates long-term drift compared to fixed-parameter EKF, thereby improving measurement robustness across diverse indoor environments.

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