Effects of channel modeling on performance evaluation of WiFi RFID localization using a laboratory testbed

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 366-370

  Assad, Muhammad A ^b   Heidari, Mohammad ^a,b   Pahlavan, Kaveh ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel modeling; Indoor localization; Performance evaluation; Testbed; WiFi RFID

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MODELING; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; FADING CHANNELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

WI-FI;

EID: 39349102745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.75     Document Type: Conference Paper

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