Ultrawideband vector antennas for sensing and positioning

Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 1237-1241

  Krishnamurthy, Sandeep H ^a   Konanur, Anand ^a   Lazzi, Gianluca ^a   Hughes, Brian L ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cram r Rao Bound; Direction of arrival estimation; Ranging; Ultra wideband Signaling

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA COUPLING; CRAMÉR-RAO BOUND; DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNALING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FREQUENCIES; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); INFORMATION THEORY; RANGE FINDING; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNALING;

RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

EID: 21644435107     PISSN: 10586393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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