The application of ray-tracing to mobile localization using the direction of arrival and received signal strength in multipath indoor environments

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 91, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-15

  Tayebi, A ^a   Gomez, J ^a   Saez de Adana, F ^a   Gutierrez, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); HYBRID SYSTEMS; INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS; MOBILE COMPUTING; RAY TRACING;

EUCLIDIAN DISTANCE; FINGERPRINTING METHODS; FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; MOBILE LOCALIZATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH;

DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL;

EID: 65449134774     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09020301     Document Type: Article

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