Mobile positioning via fusion of mixed signals of opportunity

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 34-46

  Yang, Chun ^a   Nguyen, Thao ^b   Blasch, Erik ^b  

^a SIGTEM TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LOCATION-BASED APPLICATIONS; MIXED SIGNAL; MOBILE POSITIONING; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SIGNALS OF OPPORTUNITIES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84901300811     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAES.2013.130105     Document Type: Article

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