Signal architecture for a distributed magnetic local positioning system

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 864-873

  Prigge, Eric A ^a   How, Jonathan P ^b  

^a 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Localization; Navigation; Position sensor; Positioning system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; POSITION CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED MAGNETIC LOCAL POSITIONING (DMLP); LOCALIZATION; POSITIONING SYSTEM;

SENSORS;

EID: 10044220688     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2004.833512     Document Type: Article

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