Maximum averaged likelihood estimation tree for anchor-less localization exploiting IR-UWB multipaths

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  La Tosa, V ^a   Denis, B ^a   Uguen, B ^b  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anchor less Localization; Antenna; Context Awareness; Electromagnetic Interaction; Impulse Radio; Indoor Environments; Ranging; Reflection; Ultra Wide Band

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; FORESTRY; IMPULSE NOISE; INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADIO; TIME OF ARRIVAL;

ANCHOR-LESS LOCALIZATION; CONTEXT- AWARENESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; IMPULSE RADIO; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; LOCALISATION; MULTIPATH; PARAMETERS ESTIMATES; ULTRA WIDE BAND DEVICES;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 78751524679     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2010.5494101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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