Localization approach based on ray-tracing including the effect of human shadowing

Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters

Volumn 15, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-11

  Gomez, J ^a   Tayebi, A ^a   de Adana, F Saez ^a   Gutierrez, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FADING (RADIO); RADIO WAVES; RAY TRACING;

INDOOR CHANNELS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LOCALIZATION METHOD; MOVEMENT OF PEOPLES; MULTI-PATH EFFECT; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; RADIO PROPAGATION CHANNEL; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 78651229128     PISSN: 19376480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERL10030908     Document Type: Article

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