Using UWB radios as sensors for disaster recovery

2007 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 311-315

  Lee, Jeongeun Julie ^a   Singh, Suresh ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

GPK; Industrial material analysis; Through wall radar; Wall probing

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DISASTER RECOVERY; ESTIMATION ERRORS; EVALUATION RESULTS; GPK; INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NOVEL ALGORITHMS; THROUGH-WALL RADAR; ULTRA WIDE BANDS; UWB PROPAGATION; UWB RADIOS; WALL PROBING;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 50249154863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4380961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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