A ranging method with IEEE 802.11 data frames for indoor localization

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2094-2098

  Ciurana, M ^a   Barcelo Arroyo, F ^a   Izquierdo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distance estimation; IEEE 802.11; Indoor location; Ranging; RTT; TOA; WiFi; WLAN

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; RANGE FINDING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WI-FI;

DISTANCE ESTIMATION; FINGERPRINTING; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; ROUND TRIP TIME MEASUREMENTS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 36348932357     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2007.392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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