UHF RFID localization based on synthetic apertures

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 807-815

  Miesen, Robert ^a   Kirsch, Fabian ^a   Vossiek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Holography; Image reconstruction; Position measurement; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Radio navigation; Synthetic aperture radar; Transponders

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASE CENTER; HANDHELD READERS; HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES; INNOVATIVE METHOD; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; MOBILE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; PHASE INFORMATION; UHF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONS;

ANTENNAS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POSITION MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRANSPONDERS;

HOLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84892593821     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2012.2224656     Document Type: Article

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