A flexible distributed maximum log-likelihood scheme for UWB indoor positioning

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 77-86

  Denis, Benoît ^a   He, Liyun ^a,b   Ouvry, Laurent ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b INP Grenoble ENSIMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Ad hoc; Biased time of arrival; Distributed positioning; Indoor environments; Maximum log likelihood; Ranging; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

BIASED TIME OF ARRIVAL; DISTRIBUTED POSITIONING; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; ULTRA WIDEBAND NETOWRKS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 36349037199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/wpnc.2007.353616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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