A maximum likelihood UWB localization algorithm exploiting knowledge of the service area layout

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1413-1426

  Arias De Reyna, Eva ^a   Mengali, Umberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Localization; Time of arrival; Undetected direct path; UWB

Indexed keywords

DIRECT PATHS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INDOOR APPLICATIONS; LOCALIZATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD PRINCIPLE; RANGE MEASUREMENTS; TIME OF ARRIVAL; UWB;

DYNAMIC POSITIONING;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84879687496     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-012-0642-2     Document Type: Article

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