Geolocation Techniques - Principles and Applications

Geolocation Techniques: Principles and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of geolocation technologies and techniques, from radio-frequency based to inertial based. The focus of this book is to provide an overview on the different types of infra-structure supported by most commercial localization systems as well as on the most popular computational techniques which these systems employ. This book can serve as a reference for scholarly activities such as teaching, self-learning, or research.

List of contents

Introduction.- Ranging and Localization in Harsh Multipath Environments.- Multipath and NLOS Mitigation Algorithms.- Survey-Based Location Systems.- Cellular Localization.- Cooperative Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks - Centralized Algorithms.- Cooperative Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks - Distributed Algorithms.- Inertial Systems.- Localization and Mapping Corrections.

About the author

Dr. Gentile is currently working as an electronics engineer at the NIST subgroup Emerging and Mobile Networking Technologies Group. Dr. Alsindi currently is the Radio Licensing and Monitoring Specialist at the TRA (Telecommunication Regulatory Authority) Dr. Raulefs is the project coordinator for the WHERE2 project. Wireless Hybrid Enhanced Mobile for the DLR the German Aerospace Group. Dr. Teolis is currently the CTO at TRX Systems

Summary

Basics of Distributed and Cooperative Radio and Non-Radio Based Geolocation provides a detailed overview of geolocation technologies. The book covers the basic principles of geolocation, including ranging techniques to localization technologies, fingerprinting and localization in wireless sensor networks. This book also examines the latest algorithms and techniques such as Kalman Filtering, Gauss-Newton Filtering and Particle Filtering.

Product details

• Authors: Naye Alsindi, Nayef Alsindi, Camill Gentile, Camillo Gentile, Ronald Raulefs, Ronald et Raulefs, Carole Teolis
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781461418351
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-1835-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 22 mm x 244 mm
• Weight: 584 g
• Illustrations: XII, 288 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; B, Nachrichtententechnik, Telekommunikation, Computerhardware, engineering, Electrical Engineering, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Microwaves, RF Engineering and Optical Communications, Communications Engineering, Networks, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Optical engineering, Microwaves, Computer networking & communications, Distributed databases, Input/Output and Data Communications, Input-output equipment (Computers)