RMADV-Hop: An Improved DV-Hop Localization Algorithm

In recent years, with the development of the wireless sensor networks, the localization method receives the attention of many researchers. However, due to the network cost and characteristics of sensor nodes, most of the localization algorithms are not well suitable for the wireless sensor network, positioning error is relatively large. Based on the regular moving anchor node and RSSI ranging technique assisting positioning, in this paper, we proposed the RMADV-Hop (Regular Moving Anchor DV-Hop) localization algorithm to improve the DV-Hop algorithm. In the same network condition, we simulated these two localization algorithms using the omnet++ simulation software. Simulation results show that RMADV-Hop algorithm uses less anchor nodes than the DV-Hop algorithm, reduces the cost of network hardware, approximately achieves the evenly distribution of anchor nodes, and can get higher positioning accuracy than the DV-Hop algorithm in the randomly distributed network.