Enhanced least-squares positioning algorithm for indoor positioning

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1640-1650

  Sharp, Ian ^a   Yu, Kegen ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

enhanced least squares algorithm; experimental verification; Indoor positioning; multipath and nonline of sight propagation; optimal bias parameter; positional accuracy analysis; range and pseudo range

Indexed keywords

BIAS PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; INDOOR POSITIONING; LEAST-SQUARES ALGORITHMS; NON LINE OF SIGHT PROPAGATIONS (NLOS); POSITIONAL ACCURACY; PSEUDO RANGE;

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84880140725     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2012.124     Document Type: Article

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