Body shadowing mitigation using differentiated LOS/NLOS channel models for RSSI-based Monte Carlo personnel localization

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 694-698

  Cully, W P L ^a   Cotton, S L ^a   Scanlon, W G ^a,b   McQuiston, J B ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

body centric; channel; localization; Monte Carlo; NLOS; off body; propagation; RSSI; tracking

Indexed keywords

BODY CENTRIC; CHANNEL; LOCALIZATION; MONTE CARLO; NLOS; OFF-BODY; RSSI;

SURFACE DISCHARGES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84864339380     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2012.6214458     Document Type: Conference Paper

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