Localization in presence of multipath effect in wireless sensor networks

Kaushik Mondal, Partha Sarathi Mandal, Bhabani P. Sinha

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Abstract

Localization in an urban area is a challenging problem due to the blocking of Line-of-Sight (LOS) signal by various obstacles and also the multipath effect arising out of reflections and scattering of signals. Assuming that there are a few anchor nodes which know their positions accurately and which transmit ultrasonic signals, we propose here a technique to find the position of other sensor nodes based on receiving these ultrasonic signals reflected by some reflectors. Our proposed technique can calculate the position of a node correctly by receiving two reflected signals (Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS)) from an anchor. We, however, assume that a signal is reflected at most once before reaching a node and the two reflecting surfaces are non-parallel to each other.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWired/Wireless Internet Communication - 10th International Conference, WWIC 2012, Proceedings
Pages138-149
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jun 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Wired / Wireless Internet Communications, WWIC 2012 - Santorini, Greece
Duration: 6 Jun 20128 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7277 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Wired / Wireless Internet Communications, WWIC 2012
Country/TerritoryGreece
CitySantorini
Period6/06/128/06/12

Keywords

  • Localization
  • NLOS
  • Reflectors
  • Ultrasound
  • Wireless networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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