Tracking via square grid of RFID reader positioning and diffusion algorithm

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 227-250

  Reza, Ahmed Wasif ^a   Geok, Tan Kim ^b   Dimyati, Kaharudin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Positioning; RF Localization; RFID; RFID Reader Network; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; AVERAGE POSITIONING ERROR; DIFFUSION ALGORITHM; DISTANCE INFORMATION; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; OPTIMAL NUMBER; PASSIVE RFID; POSITIONING; POSITIONING AND TRACKING; POSITIONING SYSTEM; RF LOCALIZATION; RF-ID TAGS; RFID READERS; RFID READING RANGE; SQUARE GRID; SQUARE GRID NETWORKS; TRACKING PERFORMANCE; UNIT SQUARES;

ALGORITHMS; BUILDING CODES; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO NAVIGATION; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84855560856     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-010-0021-9     Document Type: Article

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