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First Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services (MobiQuitous'04)
An Integrated, Low Power Localization System for Sensor Networks
Boston, Massachussets, USA
August 22-August 26
ISBN: 0-7695-2208-4
Tufan C. Karalar, University of California at Berkeley
Shunzo Yamashita, Hitachi Limited
Michael Sheets, University of California at Berkeley
Jan Rabaey, University of California at Berkeley
Localization (a.k.a. locationing) is a central concern for ubiquitous self-configuring sensor networks. In this paper the implementation of a distributed, least-squares-based localization algorithm is presented. Low power and energy dissipation are key requirements for sensor networks. As part of the sensor network, the localization system must also conform to these requirements. An ultra-low-power and dedicated hardware implementation of the localization system is therefore presented. The cost of fixed-point implementation is also investigated. The design is implemented in a 0.13 µ CMOS process. It dissipates 1.7mW of active power and 0.122J/op of active energy with a silicon area of 0.55mm². The mean calculated location error due to fixed-point implementation is shown to be 6%.
Citation:
Tufan C. Karalar, Shunzo Yamashita, Michael Sheets, Jan Rabaey, "An Integrated, Low Power Localization System for Sensor Networks," mobiquitous, pp.24-30, First Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services (MobiQuitous'04), 2004
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