Analysis of time of arrival estimation using wideband measurements of indoor radio propagations

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1537-1545

  Alsindi, Nayef ^a   Li, Xinrong ^a,b   Pahlavan, Kaveh ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct path blockage; Indoor geolocation; Nonline of sight (NLOS) geolocation; Superresolution algorithms; Time of arrival (TOA) estimation; Undetected direct path (UDP); Wideband channel measurement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

INDOOR GEOLOCATION; INDOOR RADIO PROPAGATIONS; NONLINE-OF-SIGHT (NLOS) GEOLOCATION; SUPERRESOLUTION ALGORITHMS; TIME-OF-ARRIVAL (TOA) ESTIMATION; UNDETECTED DIRECT PATH (UDP); WIDEBAND CHANNEL MEASUREMENT;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34648833262     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.904481     Document Type: Article

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