Maximum likelihood position estimation in ad-hoc networks using a dead reckoning approach

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1572-1584

  Hernandez, Oziel ^a,c,d   Bouchereau, Frantz ^b,c,d   Muñoz, David ^b,c,d  

^a UA Huntsville   (United States)

^b Centro de Electrónica y Comunicaciones

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^d IEEE

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; Dead reckoning; Localization

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; BLOCK CODES; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION; LOCATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NAVIGATION;

AD HOC NETWORKING; AD HOC NETWORKS (AHN); ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA); ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA) ESTIMATION; CHANNEL OBSERVATIONS; DEAD RECKONING (DR); INTERMEDIATE LINKS; LOCATION ESTIMATION; MOBILE NODE (MN); MULTI HOPPING; MULTILATERATION; NODE DENSITIES; NODE TRANSMISSION; NUISANCE PARAMETERS; POSITION ESTIMATION; REFERENCE NODES;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 47149100137     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2008.060230     Document Type: Article

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