Experimental characterization of radio signal propagation in indoor environments with application to estimation and control

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2834-2839

  Fink, Jonathan ^a   Michael, Nathan ^a   Kushleyev, Alex ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUETOOTH SPECIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; LOW-POWER DEVICES; LOW-POWER RADIO SIGNAL; RADIO SIGNAL PROPAGATION; RADIO SIGNALS; ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS; RSSI MEASUREMENT; SENSING MODALITIES; ZIG-BEE;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 76249095340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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