Enhancing positioning accuracy through direct position estimators based on hybrid RSS data fusion

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Laaraiedh, M ^a   Avrillon, S ^a   Uguen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

4G networks; Hybrid data fusion; Indirect vs direct location estimation; Localization; Log normal shadowing; Path loss; Ranging; RSS; Weighted least square

Indexed keywords

4G NETWORKS; HYBRID DATA FUSION; INDIRECT VS DIRECT LOCATION ESTIMATION; LOCALIZATION; LOG NORMAL SHADOWING; PATH LOSS; RANGING; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA FUSION; INFORMATION FUSION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 70349694369     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2009.5073539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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