Improving accuracy for TVWS geolocation databases: Results from measurement-driven estimation approaches

2014 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DYSPAN 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 392-403

  Achtzehn, Andreas ^a   Riihijarvi, Janne ^a   Mahonen, Petri ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; TRACKING (POSITION);

DELAU-NAY TRIANGULATIONS; ESTIMATION APPROACHES; GEO-LOCATION DATABASE; LARGE-SCALE MEASUREMENT; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; MEAN ABSOLUTE PREDICTION ERROR; PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS; STATISTICAL PROPAGATION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84902167950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DySPAN.2014.6817823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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