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An experimental comparison of radio transceiver and transceiver-free localization methods

  • Yang Zhao*
  • , Neal Patwari
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents an experimental performance assessment for localization systems using received signal strength (RSS) measurements from a wireless sensor network. In this experimental study, we compare two types of model-based localization methods: transceiver-based localization, which locates objects using RSS from transmitters to receivers at known locations; and transceiver-free localization, which estimates location by using RSS changes on known-location nodes caused by objects. We evaluate their performance using three sets of experiments with different environmental conditions. Our performance analysis shows that transceiver-free localization methods are generally more accurate than transceiver-based localization methods for a wireless sensor network with high node density.

Original languageEnglish
Article number13
JournalJournal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Localization
  • Radio propagation
  • Sensor network
  • Tracking

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