Improving the accuracy of wireless LAN based location determination systems using Kalman filter and multiple observers

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 463-468

  Kumar, Raman ^a   Varsha Apte, K ^a   Powar, Yogesh A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERING; SIGNAL STRENGTH;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; KALMAN FILTERS; PHASE MODULATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 34250351554     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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