A hybrid SS-ToA wireless NLoS geolocation based on path attenuation: Mobile position estimation

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sieskul, Bamrung Tau ^a   Zheng, Feng ^a   Kaiser, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Non line of sight propagation; Parameter estimation; Path loss

Indexed keywords

ERROR VARIANCE; GEOLOCATIONS; HIGH SNR; LARGE EFFECTIVE; LEAST SQUARES; LINE-OF-SIGHT; NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PATH ATTENUATION; PATH LOSS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POSITION ESTIMATION; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE; TIME-OF-ARRIVAL; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TIME DELAY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 70349182870     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2009.4917508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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