A modified multidimensional scaling with embedded particle filter algorithm for cooperative positioning of vehicular networks

Vehicular communication technologies are on their way to be recognized as staples of modern societies. One important challenge to safety-related applications of vehicular communication is provision of semi-precise positioning. Cooperative positioning is proposed for that purpose, and of course from research point of view is very attractive. From the practical point of view the attractiveness of cooperative positioning lies in its independence from any major additional infrastructure other than the vehicular communication systems. This paper introduces a new positioning algorithm for localization of mobile networks, in general, that applies directly to vehicular networks. The algorithm is based on the well known multidimensional algorithm and shows impressive performance compared to its counterparts in the vehicular positioning literature.