UHF RFID Localization Based on Evaluation of Backscattered Tag Signals

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2889-2899

  Scherhäufl, Martin ^a   Pichler, Markus ^a   Stelzer, Andreas ^b  

^a LINZ CENTER OF MECHATRONICS GMBH   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE); parameter estimation; position measurement; radio frequency identification (RFID); RFID tags; ultra high frequency (UHF) technology

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MIMO SYSTEMS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSPONDERS;

AMPLITUDE EVALUATION; COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELVES; LOCAL POSITION MEASUREMENTS; MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT SYSTEM; POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; RADIO-FREQUENCY-IDENTIFICATION TAGS (RFID); ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84959571066     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2015.2440554     Document Type: Article

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