Passive UWB RFID for Tag Localization: Architectures and Design

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1385-1397

  Decarli, Nicolo ^a   Guidi, Francesco ^b   Dardari, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

Internet of Things; localization; RFID; sensors; UWB

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; INTERNET OF THINGS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSORS;

ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS; COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; LOCALIZATION; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO; ULTRAHIGH-FREQUENCY RFID (UHF); WIRELESS SENSOR;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84962406516     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2497373     Document Type: Article

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