Network localization and navigation via cooperation

Author

Win, Moe Z. ; Conti, Andrea ; Mazuelas, Santiago ; Shen, Yuan ; Gifford, Wesley M. ; Dardari, Davide ; Chiani, Marco

Author_Institution

Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

49

Issue

5

fYear

2011

fDate

5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

62

Abstract

Network localization and navigation give rise to a new paradigm for communications and contextual data collection, enabling a variety of new applications that rely on position information of mobile nodes (agents). The performance of such networks can be significantly improved via the use of cooperation. Therefore, a deep understanding of information exchange and cooperation in the network is crucial for the design of location-aware networks. This article presents an exploration of cooperative network localization and navigation from a theoretical foundation to applications, covering technologies and spatiotemporal cooperative algorithms.

Keywords

cooperative communication; mobility management (mobile radio); contextual data collection; cooperation; cooperative network localization; location aware network; mobile nodes; network navigation; position information; spatiotemporal cooperative algorithm; Accuracy; Algorithm design and analysis; Atmospheric measurements; Distance measurement; Navigation; Position measurement; Wireless sensor networks; Network localization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2011.5762798

Filename

5762798