UWB channel measurements for accurate indoor localization

Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Alavi, Bardia ^a,b   Alsindi, Nayef ^a,b   Pahlavan, Kaveh ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel measurement; Geolocation; Path loss; Ranging; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY BANDS; HOUSING; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS; GEOLOCATION; PATH LOSS; WIDEBAND MEASUREMENTS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 35148839427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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