GPS-less low-cost outdoor localization for very small devices

IEEE Personal Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 28-34

  Bulusu, Nirupama ^a,b,c,d   Heidemann, John ^a,c,e,f,g,h   Estrin, Deborah ^a,b,i,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^e USC/ISI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h ACM   (Japan)

ⁱ Department of Gerontology and Policy Planning and Development

^j MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY METRIC METHOD; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0034291601     PISSN: 10709916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/98.878533     Document Type: Article

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