Performance evaluation of an ultra wideband radiolocation system with directional beacon

Proceedings - 2004 IEEE Radio and Wireless Conference, RAWCON

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 59-62

  Chung, Woo Cheol ^a   Ha, Dong Sam ^a   Ni, David ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle of arrival; Directional beacon; Line of sight; Radiolocation; Sensor network.; Time difference of arrival; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIO SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRACKING (POSITION); TRANSMITTERS;

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL; DIRECTIONAL BEACON; LINE-OF-SIGHT; RADIOLOCATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL; ULTRA WIDEBAND;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 14844282832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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