An improved method for GPS-based network position location in forests

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 273-277

  Hutchens, Christopher L ^b   Sarbin, Brian R ^b   Bowers, Alyse C ^b   McKillican, Jason D G ^b   Forrester, Kyle K ^b   Buehrer, R Michael ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Positioning System; Least squares estimation; Localization; Non linear optimization; UWB

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

IMPROVED TECHNIQUES; LEAST SQUARES ESTIMATION; LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; ULTRA WIDEBAND SIGNALS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 51649103274     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/wcnc.2008.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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