• DocumentCode
    1708110
  • Title

    Vehicle location by a signal attenuation method

  • Author

    Figel, W.G. ; Shepherd, N.H. ; Trammell, W.F.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Company, Lynchburg, Va.
  • Volume
    19
  • fYear
    1968
  • fDate
    5/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    105
  • Lastpage
    109
  • Abstract
    A method of vehicle location is discussed in which the attenuation of the signal from a mobile transmitter is measured. A test system and procedure for obtaining data is described. A series of curves are developed which specify the anticipated error for a four-station grid. The signal strength measurements could be very tedious and time consuming, but a system was devised that makes it possible to automate the procedure. This system, called the signal amplitude sampler and totalization unit (SASTU), is fully described.
  • Keywords
    Area measurement; Attenuation measurement; Earth; Helium; Mobile computing; Pulse amplifiers; System testing; Time measurement; Transmitters; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicular Technology Conference, 1968. 19th IEEE
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VTC.1968.1621910
  • Filename
    1621910