Propagation modeling for accurate indoor WLAN RSS-based localization

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  El Kafrawy, Kareem ^a   Youssef, Moustafa ^a   El Keyi, Amr ^a   Naguib, Ayman ^b  

^a NILE UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; HOT RESEARCH TOPICS; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM; LOCATION DETERMINATION; MATERIAL PARAMETER; PROPAGATION MODELING; RAY-TRACING MODEL; RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT; RSS-BASED LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; WALL ATTENUATION; WIRELESS CHANNEL;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); HOUSES; LOCATION; RAY TRACING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 78649413947     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECF.2010.5594108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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