A TOA-based location algorithm for NLOS environments using quadratic programming

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yang, Kai ^a   An, Jianping ^a   Bu, Xiangyuan ^a   Lu, Yao ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Non line of sight (NLOS); Quadratic programming; Time of arrival (TOA)

Indexed keywords

LOCATION ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT (NLOS); NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT ENVIRONMENTS; NONLINE OF SIGHT; NOVEL ALGORITHM; OTHER ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION RESULT; SOURCE LOCATION; TIME-OF-ARRIVAL MEASUREMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77955032308     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2010.5506703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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