Accurate indoor wireless location with IR UWB systems a performance evaluation of joint receiver structures and TOA based mechanism

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-389

  Hernández, Ángela ^a   Badorrey, Rubnén ^a   Chóliz, Juan ^a   Alastruey, Ignacio ^a   Valdovinos, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Delay; Distance measurement; Estimation; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Time of arrival estimation

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION; MECHANISMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

802.15.4A; CHANNEL MODELLING; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS; DISTANCE ESTIMATION; HIGH BANDWIDTH; IMPULSE RADIO (IR); IR UWB SYSTEMS; MULTIBAND ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) SYSTEMS; ON TIME; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (PE); PROPAGATION CONDITIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RECEIVER ARCHITECTURES; RECEIVER STRUCTURES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO (SNR); SIMULATION TOOLS; TRANSMITTED SIGNALS; ULTRA- WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS LOCATION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 48749130066     PISSN: 00983063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2008.4560103     Document Type: Article

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