Time-of-arrival based localization under NLOS conditions

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Chan, Yiu Tong ^a   Tsui, Wing Yue ^b   So, Hing Cheung ^c   Ching, Pak Chung ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mobile positioning; Non line of sight (NLOS); Time of arrival (ToA)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR STATIONS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MOBILE POSITIONING; NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT (NLOS); TIME OF ARRIVAL (TOA);

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 32144451331     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2005.861207     Document Type: Article

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