Robust power allocation via semidefinite programming for wireless localization

In wireless localization systems, mobile nodes (agents) typically obtain their positions through ranging with respect to fixed infrastructure (anchors). Transmission power allocation not only affects network lifetime, throughput and interference, but also determines the localization accuracy. In this paper, we develop a robust anchor power allocation strategy to combat imperfect network topology parameters. We formulate the problem to minimize the squared position error bound (SPEB), which characterizes the fundamental limit of localization accuracy, and show that such formulation can be efficiently solved via semidefinite programming (SDP). The simulation results show that the proposed robust scheme significantly outperforms both non-robust scheme and uniform power allocation.