Detecting a suitable path method for assisted localization techniques in transmission of data over wireless sensor networks
摘要
In many Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) applications, the relevant sensor node’s location information is essential in determining where the event or situation occurs. Therefore, localization is one of the critical challenges in WSNs. Mobile Anchor Node Assisted Localization (MANAL) is one of the promising solutions for the localization of statically deployed sensors. The main problem in MANAL is that the path planning of the Mobile Anchor Node (MAN) should be done in a way that the localization error in the network will be minimal and that all unknown nodes in the network are covered. In this paper, a new path planning approach called Nested Hexagons Curves (NH-exCurves) is proposed for MANAL. NH-exCurves guarantees that it will receive messages from at least three non-collinear anchors to locate all unknown nodes in the network. The proposed model is compared to six different path planning schemes using Accuracy Priority Trilateration (APT) under different evaluation criteria. In these comparisons, first of all, localization errors of the models are compared using some statistical concepts. Secondly, the variation of the localization error according to parameters such as resolution (R) and the standard deviation of noise (σ) are observed. The simulation results present the superiority of the proposed work over existing path planning models used in this study.