Accuracy enhancement for UWB indoor positioning using ray tracing

Record - IEEE PLANS, Position Location and Navigation Symposium

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 565-568

  Jo, Yung Hoon ^a   Lee, Joon Yong ^b   Ha, Dong Heon ^b   Kang, Shin Hoo ^b  

^a Science and Analytics   (South Korea)

^b Handong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Delay estimation; Multipath channel; Ranging; Ray tracing; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DELAY ESTIMATION; LINE OF SIGHT (LOS) BLOCKAGE; MULTIPATH CHANNELS; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENT DATA;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 33845596877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PLANS.2006.1650645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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