On the sensitivity of RSS based localization using the log-normal model: An empirical study

2013 10th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication, WPNC 2013 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Vallet, Jose ^a   Kaltiokallio, Ossi ^a   Saarinen, Jari ^a   Myrsky, Matthieu ^a   Bocca, Maurizio ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENCE; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ALGORITHM; NODE LOCALIZATION; NODES LOCALIZATION; RADIO PROPAGATION MODELS; RSS-BASED LOCALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; HARDWARE; RADIO WAVES; ROBOTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84881132932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPNC.2013.6533256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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