scholarly journals Path planning using a mobile anchor node based on trilateration in wireless sensor networks

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 1324-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangjie Han ◽  
Huihui Xu ◽  
Jinfang Jiang ◽  
Lei Shu ◽  
Takahiro Hara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Path Planning ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Anchor Node ◽  
Mobile Anchor ◽  
Mobile Anchor Node

A Novel Static Path Planning Method for Mobile Anchor-Assisted Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelhady M. Naguib ◽  
Shahzad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Path Planning ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Anchor Node ◽  
Mobile Anchor ◽  
Planning Methods

Background: Many applications of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) require awareness of sensor node’s location but not every sensor node can be equipped with a GPS receiver for localization, due to cost and energy constraints especially for large-scale networks. For localization, many algorithms have been proposed to enable a sensor node to be able to determine its location by utilizing a small number of special nodes called anchors that are equipped with GPS receivers. In recent years a promising method that significantly reduces the cost is to replace the set of statically deployed GPS anchors with one mobile anchor node equipped with a GPS unit that moves to cover the entire network. Objectives: This paper proposes a novel static path planning mechanism that enables a single anchor node to follow a predefined static path while periodically broadcasting its current location coordinates to the nearby sensors. This new path type is called SQUARE_SPIRAL and it is specifically designed to reduce the collinearity during localization. Results: Simulation results show that the performance of SQUARE_SPIRAL mechanism is better than other static path planning methods with respect to multiple performance metrics. Conclusion: This work includes an extensive comparative study of the existing static path planning methods then presents a comparison of the proposed mechanism with existing solutions by doing extensive simulations in NS-2.

A Survey on Mobile Anchor Node Assisted Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 2220-2243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangjie Han ◽  
Jinfang Jiang ◽  
Chenyu Zhang ◽  
Trung Q. Duong ◽  
Mohsen Guizani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Anchor Node ◽  
Mobile Anchor ◽  
Mobile Anchor Node
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