NLOS error mitigation for mobile location estimation in wireless networks

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1071-1075

  Yu, Kegen ^a   Guo, Y Jay ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mobile location; NLOS error mitigation; Optimal estimator; Taylor series LS estimator; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ERROR CORRECTION; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RAYLEIGH FADING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

MOBILE LOCATION; NLOS ERROR MITIGATION; NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT (NLOS) RADIO PROPAGATION; OPTIMAL ESTIMATORS; TAYLOR-SERIES LS ESTIMATORS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547363008     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2007.228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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