Optimising mobile phone self-location estimates by introducing beacon characteristics to the algorithm

Journal of Location Based Services

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-73

  Curran, Kevin ^a   Hubrich, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective radiated power (ERP); GPS; Location estimation; Location positioning

Indexed keywords

CENTROID ALGORITHM; EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER; EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER (ERP); GPS; GPS RECEIVERS; LOCATION ESTIMATION; LOCATION SYSTEMS; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; LOCATION-SENSING; POSITION ESTIMATES; POSITIONING TECHNOLOGIES; SMART PHONES; URBAN AREAS;

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); LABORATORIES; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 67651014898     PISSN: 17489725     EISSN: 17489733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489720902776738     Document Type: Article

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