TOA estimation based on match-filtering detection for UWB wireless sensor networks

Ruan Jian Xue Bao/Journal of Software

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3010-3022

  Wu, Shao Hua ^a   Zhang, Qin Yu ^a   Zhang, Nai Tong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Match filtering; Positioning; TOA (time of arrival) estimation; UWB (ultra wideband); Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MODEL; DIRECT PATHS; ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; FIXED THRESHOLD; LOCATION ESTIMATION; MATCH-FILTERING; OTHER ALGORITHMS; POSITIONING ALGORITHMS; RELIABILITY INFORMATION; SEARCH PROCESS; SEARCH REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEP ALGORITHMS; TIME OF ARRIVAL; TOA (TIME OF ARRIVAL) ESTIMATION; TOA ESTIMATION; UWB (ULTRA-WIDEBAND);

ALGORITHMS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; ESTIMATION; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 71049119359     PISSN: 10009825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1001.2009.03376     Document Type: Article

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