RF angle of arrival-based node localisation

International Journal of Sensor Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 209-224

  Amundson, Isaac ^a   Sallai, Janos ^a   Koutsoukos, Xenofon ^a   Lédeczi, Ákos ^a   Maróti, Miklós ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Angle of arrival; Localisation; Radio interferometry; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; SENSOR NODES;

ANCHOR NODES; AOA (ANGLEOF-ARRIVAL); INTERFEROMETRIC ANGLES; LOCALISATION; LOCALIZATION ALGORITHM; NODES LOCALIZATION; NODES' POSITIONS; RADIO INTERFEROMETRY; RESOURCECONSTRAINED DEVICES; SENSORS NETWORK;

DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL;

EID: 79960579795     PISSN: 17481279     EISSN: 17481287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2011.040241     Document Type: Article

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