UWB positioning experiment in a typical snowy environment

4th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2007, WPNC'07 - Workshop Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 65-70

  Tchoffo Talom, F ^a   Denis, B ^a   Keignart, J ^a   Daniele, N ^a   Bouix, D ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Handset positioning system; Snowy environments; Taylor series expansion; Time difference of arrival; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POSITION CONTROL; TAYLOR SERIES;

EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS; TAYLOR SERIES EXPANSION; TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (TDOA);

POSITION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36348992022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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