An ultra wideband positioning system enhanced by a short multipath mitigation technique

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning and RFID, Proceedings, IMWS 2009 - Croatia

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Waldmann, Benjamin ^a   Goetz, Alexander ^a   Weigel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMCW; Indoor positioning; Multipath channels; Neural networks; Radar navigation; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

3D LOCALIZATION; A-CENTER; DENSE MULTIPATH; EMISSION LIMITS; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVES; HIGH PRECISION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR POSITIONING; LOCAL POSITIONING RADARS; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; MULTIPATH CHANNELS; MULTIPATH MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADAR NAVIGATION; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SHORT PULSE; SIMULATION RESULT; STANDARD DEVIATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNIQUE;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MICROWAVES; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; NAVIGATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADAR; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 73649117486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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