Ultra-wideband ranging precision and accuracy

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  MacGougan, Glenn ^a   O'Keefe, Kyle ^a   Klukas, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cramer Rao lower bound; Precision; Ranging; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; RANGE FINDING;

ACCURACY; CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; CURRENT DEFINITION; ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; PRECISION; RANGE MEASUREMENTS; RANGING PRECISION; REAL-TIME KINEMATIC POSITIONING;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 70350697791     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/9/095105     Document Type: Article

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