A hybrid SS-ToA wireless NLoS geolocation based on path attenuation: ToA estimation and CRB for mobile position estimation

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4930-4942

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

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Non line of sight (NLoS) propagation; Parameter estimation; Path loss

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION MODEL; EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH; ERROR PERFORMANCE; ERROR VARIANCE; GEOLOCATIONS; HEXAGONAL CELLS; ML ESTIMATE; ML ESTIMATORS; NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PATH ATTENUATION; PATH LOSS; PATH LOSS EXPONENT; POSITION ESTIMATION; RECEIVED SIGNALS; TAYLOR EXPANSIONS; TIME OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; TOA ESTIMATION; WIRELESS GEOLOCATION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 70450160512     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2009.2024156     Document Type: Article

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