Part two: Kalman filtering options for error minimization in statistical terminal assisted mobile positioning

Computer Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1138-1147

  Markoulidakis, J G ^a   Dessiniotis, C ^a   Nikolaidis, D ^a  

^a VODAFONE PANAFON SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adaptive Kalman filtering; Historical data; Mobile positioning; Statistical processing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KALMAN FILTERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH (RSS); STATISTICAL TERMINAL ASSISTED MOBILE POSITIONING (STAMP);

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EID: 40949117998     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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