A 5.6-GHz UWB position measurement system

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 675-683

  Cazzorla, Alessandro ^a   De Angelis, Guido ^a   Moschitta, Antonio ^a   Dionigi, Marco ^a   Alimenti, Federico ^a   Carbone, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Instrumentation and measurement; radio navigation; radio transceivers; signal processing algorithms; ultra wideband technology

Indexed keywords

INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; SYSTEM LEVELS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY;

POSITION MEASUREMENT; RADIO NAVIGATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84873713640     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2012.2219139     Document Type: Article

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