A novel wireless positioning system for seamless internet connectivity based on the WLAN infrastructure

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-309

  Manodham, Thavisak ^a   Loyola, Luis ^b   Miki, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b DOCOMO EURO LABS   (Germany)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11b; Indoor location; Positioning; Time difference of arrival (TDOA); Wireless local area Network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERNET; MOBILE COMPUTING; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA); IEEE 802.11B; INDOOR LOCATION; TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (TDOA);

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 38549164215     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-007-9373-1     Document Type: Article

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