Real-time noncoherent UWB positioning radar with millimeter range accuracy: Theory and experiment

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-20

  Zhang, Cemin ^a   Kuhn, Michael J ^b   Merkl, Brandon C ^c   Fathy, Aly E ^b   Mahfouz, Mohamed R ^b  

^a Hittite Microwave Corporation   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c Medtronic Navigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Localization; Noncoherent; Positioning; Ranging; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

ASSET TRACKING; ENERGY DETECTION; HIGH-ACCURACY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LOCALIZATION; MILLIMETER RANGE; NON-COHERENT; NONCOHERENT SYSTEM; NOVEL ARCHITECTURE; POSITIONING SYSTEM; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; ROBOT CONTROLS; SENSITIVE MATERIALS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SURGICAL NAVIGATION; UWB SYSTEM; WIRELESS LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 75449110714     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2035945     Document Type: Article

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