During range-based self-localization of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) nodes, the number and placement methods of beacon nodes have a great influence on the accuracy of localization. This paper proves a theorem which d...During range-based self-localization of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) nodes, the number and placement methods of beacon nodes have a great influence on the accuracy of localization. This paper proves a theorem which describes the relationship between the placement of beacon nodes and whether the node can be located in 3D indoor environment. In fact, as the highest locating accuracy can be acquired when the beacon nodes form one or more equilateral triangles in 2D plane, we generalizes this conclusion to 3D space, and proposes a beacon nodes selection algorithm based on the minimum condition number to get the higher locating accuracy, which can minimize the influence of distance measurement error. Simulation results show that the algorithm is effective and feasible.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61003236 61171053)+2 种基金the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (No.20113223110002)the Natural Science Major Program for Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province (No.11KJA520001)Science & Technology Innovation Fund for higher education institutions of Jiangsu Province (CXZZ12_0481)
文摘During range-based self-localization of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) nodes, the number and placement methods of beacon nodes have a great influence on the accuracy of localization. This paper proves a theorem which describes the relationship between the placement of beacon nodes and whether the node can be located in 3D indoor environment. In fact, as the highest locating accuracy can be acquired when the beacon nodes form one or more equilateral triangles in 2D plane, we generalizes this conclusion to 3D space, and proposes a beacon nodes selection algorithm based on the minimum condition number to get the higher locating accuracy, which can minimize the influence of distance measurement error. Simulation results show that the algorithm is effective and feasible.