Indoor geolocation in the absence of direct path

IEEE Wireless Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 50-58

  Pahlavan, Kaveh ^a   Akgül, Ferit O ^a   Heidari, Mohammad ^a   Hatami, Ahmad ^a   Elwell, John M ^b   Tingley, Robert D ^b  

^a WPI ^*  (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE LOCALIZATION; INDOOR GEOLOCATION; MULTIPATH; UNDETECTED DIRECT PATH (UDP);

ERROR CORRECTION; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846578691     PISSN: 15361284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2006.275198     Document Type: Review

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