A hybrid TOA-fingerprinting based localization of mobile nodes using UWB signaling for non line-of-sight conditions

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 11187-11204

  Kabir, Md Humayun ^a   Kohno, Ryuji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; NLOS; Node localization; Target tracking; TOA; UWB signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865352791     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120811187     Document Type: Article

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