Robust ultrasonic indoor positioning using transmitter arrays

2010 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, IPIN 2010 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Holm, Sverre ^a   Nilsen, Carl Inge C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOOR POSITIONING; LONG RANGE; PORTABLE ULTRASOUND; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; TRANSMITTER ARRAY;

NAVIGATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 78650789319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPIN.2010.5646198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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