Chipless RFID tag localization

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4008-4017

  Anee, Rubayet E Azim ^a   Karmakar, Nemai C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backscattered signal; chipless tag; linear least square (LLS); localization; positioning; radar cross section (RCS); ranging; RF identification (RFID); round trip time of flight (RTOF)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; CHIPLESS TAG; LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; LOCALIZATION; POSITIONING; RF IDENTIFICATIONS; TIME OF FLIGHT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RANGE FINDING; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84888014058     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2282280     Document Type: Article

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