Evaluation of impact factors on RSS accuracy for localization and tracking applications in sensor networks

Telecommunication Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 235-248

  Stoyanova, Tsenka ^a   Kerasiotis, Fotis ^a   Prayati, Aggeliki ^a,b   Papadopoulos, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Measurements; Receive signal strength (RSS); Tracking and localization; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL STUDY; RECEIVE SIGNAL STRENGTH (RSS); SIGNAL STRENGTHS; TRACKING AND LOCALIZATION;

COST REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; INTERNET; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 72849149568     PISSN: 10184864     EISSN: 15729451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11235-009-9183-8     Document Type: Article

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