Robust estimator for non-line-of-sight error mitigation in indoor localization

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Casas, R ^a   Marco, A ^b   Guerrero, J J ^b,c   Falco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUETOOTH; INDOOR LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS; NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT (NLOS) ERRORS;

ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ULTRASONICS;

ERROR DETECTION;

EID: 33646410694     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: 16870433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP/2006/43429     Document Type: Article

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