A Groupwise Universal Improvement Scheme for Location Estimation in Wireless Networks

Author

Artemenko, Oleksandr ; Schorcht, Gunar ; Mann, Sebastian ; Schulz, Dominik ; Tarasov, Mikhail

Author_Institution

Appl. Comput. Sci. Dept., Erfurt Univ. of Appl. Sci., Erfurt, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

July 31 2011-Aug. 4 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel algorithm for improving localization results of unknown wireless nodes (a.k.a. unknowns or mobile nodes). Our proposed solution, Groupwise Universal Improvement Scheme (G-UnIS), is based on additional information about the a priori known distances between mobile nodes. We show with the simulation results that our method can enhance the accuracy of location estimation. We compare the results of G-UnIS with our previous Pairwise Refinement Scheme. For the localization of unknowns, we have used prepositioned anchor nodes (beacons). The radio channel model used in the simulation was determined using ZEBRA2411 modules from senTec Elektronik GmbH, based on the chipset ZRP1 developed by Freescale Semiconductor.

Keywords

radio networks; groupwise universal improvement scheme; location estimation; mobile nodes; pairwise refinement scheme; radio channel model; wireless networks; Estimation; Mathematical model; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Sensors; Simulation; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2011 Proceedings of 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Maui, HI

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0637-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2011.6005781

Filename

6005781