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Combining Positioning and Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers

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Combining Positioning and Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers. / Alcock, Paul; Roedig, Utz.
2009. Poster session presented at The 6th IEEE European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN2009), Cork, Ireland.

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Alcock, P & Roedig, U 2009, 'Combining Positioning and Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers', The 6th IEEE European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN2009), Cork, Ireland, 1/01/00. <http://www.ewsn.org/posters.html>

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Alcock, P., & Roedig, U. (2009). Combining Positioning and Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers. Poster session presented at The 6th IEEE European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN2009), Cork, Ireland. http://www.ewsn.org/posters.html

Vancouver

Alcock P, Roedig U. Combining Positioning and Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers. 2009. Poster session presented at The 6th IEEE European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN2009), Cork, Ireland.

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Alcock, Paul ; Roedig, Utz. / Combining Positioning and Communication Using Ultra Wideband Transceivers. Poster session presented at The 6th IEEE European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN2009), Cork, Ireland.

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