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An Efficient Directed Localization Recursion Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
May 2009 (vol. 58 no. 5)
pp. 677-691
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Horacio Antonio Braga Fernandes de Oliveira, Azzedine Boukerche, Eduardo Freire Nakamura, Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro, "An Efficient Directed Localization Recursion Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 677-691, May, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TC.2008.221,
author = {Horacio Antonio Braga Fernandes de Oliveira and Azzedine Boukerche and Eduardo Freire Nakamura and Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro},
title = {An Efficient Directed Localization Recursion Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {58},
number = {5},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {2009},
pages = {677-691},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TC.2008.221},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers
TI - An Efficient Directed Localization Recursion Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
IS - 5
SN - 0018-9340
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EPD - 677-691
A1 - Horacio Antonio Braga Fernandes de Oliveira,
A1 - Azzedine Boukerche,
A1 - Eduardo Freire Nakamura,
A1 - Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro,
PY - 2009
KW - Network architecture and design
KW - algorithm/protocol design and analysis
KW - wireless sensor networks
KW - localization
KW - GPS free.
VL - 58
JA - IEEE Transactions on Computers
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Horacio Antonio Braga Fernandes de Oliveira, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Eduardo Freire Nakamura, Federal University of Amazonas and FUCAPI, Brazil
Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
The establishment of a localization system is an important task in wireless sensor networks. Due to the geographical correlation between sensed data, location information is commonly used to name the gathered data and address nodes and regions in data dissemination protocols. In general, to estimate its location, a node needs the position information of at least three reference points (neighbors that know their positions). In this work, we propose a different scheme in which only two reference points are required in order to estimate a position. To choose between the two possible solutions of an estimate, we use the known direction of the recursion. This approach leads to a recursive localization system that works with low-density networks (increasing by 40 percent the number of nodes with estimates in some cases), reduces the position error by almost 30 percent, requires 37 percent less processor resources to estimate a position, uses fewer beacon nodes, and also indicates the node position error based on its distance to the recursion origin. No GPS-enabled node is required, since the recursion origin can be used as a relative coordinate system. The algorithm's evaluation is performed by comparing it with a similar localization system; also, experiments are made to evaluate the impact of both systems in geographic algorithms.

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Index Terms:
Network architecture and design, algorithm/protocol design and analysis, wireless sensor networks, localization, GPS free.
Citation:
Horacio Antonio Braga Fernandes de Oliveira, Azzedine Boukerche, Eduardo Freire Nakamura, Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro, "An Efficient Directed Localization Recursion Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 677-691, May 2009, doi:10.1109/TC.2008.221
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