A Wireless Sensor Network Localization Method Based on Dynamic Path Loss Exponent

The path loss exponent shows the effect of space environment on the RF signals in wireless communication model. In most RSSI based location method the path loss exponent is assigned a fixed empirical value which can not reflect the actual environmental impact of the wireless signal, which lead to low position accuracy and considerable positioning error. Aiming at some complex and rapidly changing environment a path loss exponent dynamic acquired algorithm is proposed, which can calculate the actual path loss exponent with the distance and the RSSI value information between adjacent beacon nodes. On basis of the path loss exponent dynamic acquired algorithm a path loss exponent dynamic acquired based localization algorithm is proposed which can estimate the blind node position with the actual path loss exponent, and can improve the adaptability to the environment of the RSSI location algorithm. The simulation shows that the positioning accuracy of proposed method is significantly improved and the effect of proposed method is more precise than the common RSSI method under the same environment.