A system level design approach to UWB localization

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1409-1412

  Kuhn, Michael J ^a   Zhang, Cemin ^a   Lin, Song ^a   Mahfouz, Mohamed R ^a   Fathy, Aly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADS; Automatic gain control; Indoor positioning; Simulation; UWB localization

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED DESIGN SYSTEM; AGILENT; ANALOG FRONT END; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL; COSIMULATION; DIGITAL SIMULATORS; INDOOR POSITIONING; MILLIMETER RANGE; OPERATING RANGES; POSITIONING SYSTEM; PTOLEMIES; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SUB-SAMPLING MIXERS; SYSTEM LEVEL DESIGN; UWB CHANNEL; UWB LOCALIZATION;

DESIGN; INSULATING MATERIALS; MATLAB; MICROWAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GAIN CONTROL;

EID: 77950011431     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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