Improving the performance of an FMCW indoor localization system by optimizing the ranging estimator

Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications, ICWMC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 226-231

  Zamora Cadenas, Leticia ^a   Arrue, Naiara ^a   Jiménez Irastorza, Ainara ^a   Vélez, Igone ^a  

^a TECNUN UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frequency modulation continuous wave; Indoor positioning; Positioning algorithms; Ranging estimator

Indexed keywords

3D POSITIONING; DOUBLE SIDED; FREQUENCY MODULATION CONTINUOUS WAVE RADARS; FREQUENCY MODULATION CONTINUOUS WAVES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INDOOR POSITIONING; POSITIONING ALGORITHMS; POSITIONING TECHNIQUES; RANGING ESTIMATOR; RECURSIVE LEAST SQUARE METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL LOCALIZATION; TWO-WAY RANGING;

ALGORITHMS; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 79952065684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICWMC.2010.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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