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<p>Localization schemes have a significant role in wireless sensor networks. During random deployment in an untouched area, the nodes have to be capable of self-management to determine their position. Received Signal Strength (RSS) and DV-Hop, are two different schemes that each have environment or hop dependency problem. Hybrid localization scheme, called H-Loc, is a combination of RSS and DV-Hop method. This scheme is proposed to make the selection of distance determination process based on the proximity of nodes position. The weighted least square is proposed as a refining of DV-Hop scheme’s position calculated process. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme has the capability of improving the accuracy of node positioning up to 3.4 %.</p></abstract>

Localization schemes have a significant role in wireless sensor networks. During random deployment in an untouched area, the nodes have to be capable of self-management to determine their position. Received Signal Strength (RSS) and DV-Hop, are two different schemes that each have environment or hop dependency problem. Hybrid localization scheme, called H-Loc, is a combination of RSS and DV-Hop method. This scheme is proposed to make the selection of distance determination process based on the proximity of nodes position. The weighted least square is proposed as a refining of DV-Hop scheme’s position calculated process. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme has the capability of improving the accuracy of node positioning up to 3.4 %.

Weighted Hybrid Localization Scheme for Improved Node Positioning in Wireless Sensor Networks

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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Localization schemes have a significant role in wireless sensor networks. During random deployment in an untouched area, the nodes have to be capable of...

Weighted Hybrid Localization Scheme for Improved Node Positioning in Wireless Sensor Networks

Publicado en línea: 16 dic 2013

Páginas: 1986 - 2010

Recibido: 12 jul 2013

Aceptado: 01 nov 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-623

© 2013 Prima Kristalina et al., published by Sciendo

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