On the Accuracy of a Cellular Location System Based on RSS Measurements

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1508-1518

  Weiss, Anthony J ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic location identification (ALI); Cellular; Circular error probable (CEP); Concentration ellipse; Cramer Rao bound; E 911; Location accuracy; Mobile assisted handoff (MAHO); Received signal strength (RSS); Threshold effect

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CHANNEL CAPACITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCIES; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

AUTOMATIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION (ALI); CELLULAR LOCATION SYSTEMS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH (RSS);

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0344875689     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2003.819613     Document Type: Article

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