Statistical path loss parameter estimation and positioning using RSS measurements

2012 Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigation, and Location Based Service, UPINLBS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nurminen, Henri ^a   Talvitie, Jukka ^a   Ali Löytty, Simo ^a   Müller, Philipp ^a   Lohan, Elena Simona ^a   Piché, Robert ^a   Renfors, Markku ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

cellular network; outdoor positioning; path loss model; received signal strength; statistical estimation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR NETWORK; OUTDOOR POSITIONING; PATH LOSS MODELS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ESTIMATION; LOCATION BASED SERVICES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84873975299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UPINLBS.2012.6409754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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