Spatial diversity in signal strength based WLAN location determination systems

Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 10-17

  Ramachandran, Anil ^a   Jagannathan, S ^a  

^a Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Geo location; Location accuracy; Spatial diversity; WLAN location determination

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA SPACINGS; CHANNEL UNCERTAINTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; LOCAL COMPUTER; LOCATION ACCURACY; LOCATION DETERMINATION; LOW COSTS; MOBILE OBJECTS; MULTI PATH; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) DEVICES; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH (RSS); SELECTION COMBINING; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SINGLE ANTENNA SYSTEMS; SMALL SCALE; SPACE DIVERSITY; SPATIAL DIVERSITY (SD); TEMPORAL EFFECTS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; LOCATION; MULTIPATH FADING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 47249157681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2007.152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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