A Virtual Cluster Based Mobile Beacon Aided Localization Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Zhang, Qiang ; Zhang, Jian

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Autom., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China

fYear

2012

fDate

11-13 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

964

Lastpage

967

Abstract

Node localization is one of the important issues in wireless sensor networks. In order to lower the cost of a sensor network and improve localization accuracy and efficiency, we put forward a virtual cluster based mobile beacon aided localization algorithm (VCMBLA) in this paper. A multi-hop distance estimation method based on neighbor distribution (MDEND) is presented and a path planning strategy based on the minimal 3-hop 3-dominating set is proposed. Simulation results show that VCMBLA can meet the requirements of certain wireless sensor networks application scenarios.

Keywords

mobility management (mobile radio); path planning; telecommunication network planning; wireless sensor networks; MDEND; VCMBLA; localization accuracy improvement; localization efficiency improvement; minimal 3-hop 3-dominating set; multihop distance estimation method; neighbor distribution; node localization; path planning strategy; virtual cluster based mobile beacon aided localization algorithm; wireless sensor networks; Accuracy; Clustering algorithms; Estimation; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Path planning; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science & Service System (CSSS), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0721-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSSS.2012.244

Filename

6394482