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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337614803321

Autore

Sharp Ian

Titolo

Wireless Positioning: Principles and Practice / / by Ian Sharp, Kegen Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-10-8791-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 626 p. 287 illus., 241 illus. in color.)

Collana

Navigation: Science and Technology, , 2522-0454

Disciplina

621.382

Soggetti

Electrical engineering

Signal processing

Image processing

Speech processing systems

Communications Engineering, Networks

Signal, Image and Speech Processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I Engineering of Positioning Systems -- Architecture of tracking systems -- Signaling techniques -- Use of inertial sensors in position determination -- Link budget -- Application cases -- System testing -- Part II Recent Research into Terrestrial Positioning -- Wideband reconstruction based positioning -- Toa error measurement, modeling and analysis -- Gdop analysis for indoor positioning -- Enhanced least-squares positioning algorithm -- Receiver signal strength positioning -- Integrated indoor positioning -- Positional accuracy measurement and error modeling -- Concluding remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on non-GNSS positioning systems and approaches. Although it addresses both theoretical and practical aspects, the primary focus is on engineering practice. This is achieved by providing in-depth studies on a number of major topics such as tracking system architecture, link budget, system design, implementation, testing, and performance evaluation. It studies four positioning application cases in detail: covert vehicle tracking, horse racing, rowing, and tracking for field sports. Its comprehensive and systematic treatment of practical issues in wireless positioning makes the book particularly suitable for



readers who are interested in learning about practical wireless positioning solutions. It will also benefit researchers, engineers and graduate students in fields such as positioning and navigation, geospatial engineering and telecommunications.