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Issue No.10 - October (2009 vol.20)
pp: 1540-1552
Yun Wang , Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Xiaodong Wang , Qualcomm Inc., San Diego
Demin Wang , Microsoft, Redmond
Dharma P. Agrawal , University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
ABSTRACT
Localization algorithm continues to be an important and challenging topic in today's wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this paper, a novel range-free localization algorithm using expected hop progress (LAEP) to predict the location of any sensor in a WSN is proposed. This algorithm is based on an accurate analysis of hop progress in a WSN with randomly deployed sensors and arbitrary node density. By deriving the expected hop progress from a network model for WSNs in terms of network parameters, the distance between any pair of sensors can be accurately computed. Since the distance estimation is a key issue in localization systems for WSNs, the proposed range-free LAEP achieves better performance and less communication overhead as compared to some existent schemes like DV-Hop and RAW. In addition, we study the effect of anchor placement on the algorithm performance by deriving the corresponding mean position error range. Extensive simulations are performed and the results are observed to be in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.
INDEX TERMS
Anchor placement, hop progress, range-free localization, sensor position, wireless sensor network.
CITATION
Yun Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Demin Wang, Dharma P. Agrawal, "Range-Free Localization Using Expected Hop Progress in Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Parallel & Distributed Systems, vol.20, no. 10, pp. 1540-1552, October 2009, doi:10.1109/TPDS.2008.239
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