Hybrid ultrasound-RFID indoor positioning: Combining the best of both worlds

2009 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 155-162

  Holm, Sverre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic propagation; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic propagation acoustic tracking

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION ACOUSTIC TRACKING; INDOOR POSITIONING; INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS; NARROW BANDWIDTH; NEW SYSTEM; PORTABLE RECEIVERS; POSITIONING SYSTEM; ULTRASONIC TIME OF FLIGHTS; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 70349280491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFID.2009.4911169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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