• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37 no.7B
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• pp.595-605
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• 2012

DV-Hop is one of the well known range-free localization algorithms. The algorithm works well in case of isotropic network since the sensor and anchor nodes are placed in the entire area. However, it results in large errors in case of anisotropic networks where the hop count between nodes is not linearly proportional to the Euclidean distance between them. Hence, we proposed a novel range-free algorithm for anisotropic networks to improve the localization accuracy. In the paper, the Euclidean distance between anchor node and unknown node is estimated by the average hop distance calculated at each hop count with hop count and distance information between anchor nodes. By estimating the unknown location of nodes with the estimated distance estimated by the average hop distance calculated at each hop, the localization accuracy is improved. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has more accuracy than DV-Hop.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.16C no.6
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• pp.737-746
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• 2009

Given the increased interest in ubiquitous computing, wireless sensor network has been researched widely. The localization service which provides the location information of mobile user, is one of important service provided by sensor network. Many methods to obtain the location information of mobile user have been proposed. However, these methods were developed for only one mobile user so that it is hard to extend for multiple mobile users. If multiple mobile users start the localization process concurrently, there could be interference of beacon or ultrasound that each mobile user transmits. In the paper, we propose APL(Adaptive Power Control based Resource Allocation Technique for Efficient Localization Technique), the localization technique for multiple mobile nodes based on adaptive power control in mobile wireless sensor networks. In APL, collision of localization between sensor nodes is prevented by forcing the mobile node to get the permission of localization from anchor nodes. For this, we use RTS(Ready To Send) packet type for localization initiation by mobile node and CTS(Clear To Send) packet type for localization grant by anchor node. NTS(Not To Send) packet type is used to reject localization by anchor node for interference avoidance and STS(Start To Send) for synchronization between 모anchor nodes. At last, the power level of sensor node is controled adaptively to minimize the affected area. The experimental result shows that the number of interference between nodes are increased in proportion to the number of mobile nodes and APL provides efficient localization.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.7
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• pp.9-17
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• 2014

This paper proposes a binary particle swarm optimization (BPSO) algorithm for distributed node localization in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Each unknown node performs localization using the value of the measured distances from three or more neighboring anchors, i.e., nodes that know their location information. The node that is localized during the localization process is then used as another anchor for remaining nodes. The performances of particle swarm optimization (PSO) and BPSO in terms of localization error and computation time are compared by using simulations in Matlab. The simulation results indicate that PSO-based localization is more accurate. In contrast, BPSO algorithm performs faster for finding the location of unknown nodes for distributed localization. In addition, the effects of transmission range and number of anchor nodes on the localization error and computation time are investigated.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.1493-1504
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• 2010

The localization service which provides the location information of mobile user, is one of important service provided by sensor network. Many methods to obtain the location information of mobile user have been proposed. However, these methods were developed for only one mobile user so that it is hard to extend for multiple mobile users. If multiple mobile users start the localization process concurrently, there could be interference of beacon or ultrasound that each mobile user transmits. In the paper, we propose LME, the localization technique for multiple mobile nodes in mobile wireless sensor networks. In LME, collision of localization between sensor nodes is prevented by forcing the mobile node to get the permission of localization from anchor nodes. For this, we use CTS packet type for localization initiation by mobile node and RTS packet type for localization grant by anchor node. NTS packet type is uevento reject localization by anchor node for interference avoidance.nghe experimental result shows that the number of interference between nodes are increased in proportion to the number of mobile nodes and LME provides efficient localization.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.5A
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• pp.521-528
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• 2011

In sensor network environment, it is very important to localize sensor nodes. In order to know the position of nodes without GPS signals, the anchor robot approach is representatively used. Therefore, in this paper, we propose 4-Robot Localization Scheme (4RLS) that uses four mobile robots to efficiently localize sensor nodes for the fast time. Then, we show the improved performance of 4RLS in comparison with previously used three robot scheme through the real implementation and analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.533-534
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• 2009

무선센서네트워크에서 많은 응용 프로그램들이 센서노드들의 위치 정보를 기반하기 때문에 센서노드에 대한 위치 측정은 매우 중요하다. 본 논문은 위치 정보를 알고 있는 소수의 앵커노드들을 사용하여 위치 측정 정확도를 높이고 주어진 위치 정보 메시지의 교환 비용을 줄이는 분산 위치 측정 기법인 Low-cost Localization using 2-hop Distance Anchors (LLTA)를 제안한다. LLTA는 높은 위치 측정 정확도를 위해 각각의 센서노드로부터 2 홉 거리 이내의 센서노드들의 위치 정보를 모으는 2-홉플러딩을 사용한다. 또한 2-홉 플러딩을 통해 얻은 위치 정보를 이용하여 센서노드가 위치할 수 있는 지역을 계산한 후 그리드 스캔 알고리즘을 사용하여 센서노드의 더 정확한 위치를 계산한다. 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 LLTA가 기존의 위치 측정 기법들보다 위치 측정 정확도가 더 높고, 위치 정보 전달 비용이 더 낮음을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.667-670
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• 2008

센서노드는 무선 센서네트워크를 통해서 감지한 정보를 싱크에게 전송한다. 최근 휴대 무선장비의 이용률 증가로 센서네트워크에서 데이터를 수집하는 싱크를 휴대 무선장비로 대체하여 이동성을 보장하는 연구가 활발히 진행된다. 즉, 싱크가 이동성을 가짐으로써 센서노드가 감지한 정보를 전달하는 방법이 중요한 문제로 부각되고 있다. 따라서 모바일 싱크의 위치를 효율적으로 알리고, 다중 소스노드에서 다중 싱크로 정보를 전달하는 것이 필요하다. 특히, 고정된 싱크에서 사용하던 데이터 전송경로는 모바일 싱크 환경에서 더 이상 효율적이지 못하다. 본 논문에서는 소스노드의 위치정보를 제공하기 위한 서버로서 8방향 앵커시스템(Eight-Direction Anchor system: EDA)을 제안한다. EDA는 센서네트워크의 가장자리에 위치한 센서노드의 편중된 에너지 소모를 막고, 전체 센서노드를 균형적으로 사용함으로써 균등한 에너지 소모를 보장한다. 또한, 모바일 싱크가 소스노드로부터 데이터를 연속적으로 받기위해서 위치기반 최단거리 전송(Location-based Shortest Relay: LSR) 프로토콜을 제안한다. LSR은 소스노드에서 싱크로의 우회하는 경로를 막고, 최소 지연경로를 통하여 연속적인 데이터 전송을 보장한다. 실험결과를 통해서 제안 프로토콜은 효율적인 위치서비스의 제공뿐만 아니라, 다중 소스와 다중 모바일 싱크 환경에서 평균 데이터 전송 비용절감 효과를 얻을 수 있음을 보인다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.77-87
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• 2018

Many researches have been focused on localization in WSNs. However, the solutions for localization in static WSN are hard to apply to the mobile WSN. The solutions for mobile WSN localization have the assumption that there are a significant number of anchor nodes in the networks. In the resource limited situation, these solutions are difficult in applying to the static and mobile mixed WSN. Without using the anchor nodes, a localization service cannot be provided in efficient, accurate and reliable way for mixed wireless sensor networks which have a combination of static nodes and mobile nodes. Also, accuracy is an important consideration for localization in the mixed wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we presented a method to satisfy the requests for the accuracy of the localization without anchor nodes in the wireless sensor networks. Hop coordinates measurements are used as an accurate method for anchor free localization. Compared to the other methods with the same data in the same category, this technique has better accuracy than other methods. Also, we applied a minimum spanning tree algorithm to satisfy the requests for the efficiency such as low communication and computational cost of the localization without anchor nodes in WSNs. The Java simulation results show the correction of the suggested approach in a qualitative way and help to understand the performance in different placements.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.9C
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• pp.573-580
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• 2011

WSNs (Wireless Sensor Networks) are becoming more widely used in various fields, and improving localization performance is a crucial and essential issue for sensor network applications. In this paper, we propose a low-complexity localization mechanism for WSNs that operates in 3D (Three-Dimensional) space. The basic idea is to use aerial vehicles or flying objects that are deliberately equipped with the anchor nodes. These anchor nodes periodically broadcast beacon signals containing their current locations, and the unknown nodes receive these signals as soon as they enter the communication range of the anchors. We estimate the locations of the unknown nodes based on the proposed scheme that transforms the 3D problem into 2D computations to reduce the complexity of 3D localization. Simulated results show that our approach is an effective scheme for 3D self-positioning in WSNs.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.111-118
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• 2010

The proposed algorithm to be explained in this paper is the localization technique using directional antenna. Here, it is assumed that anchor node has the ability to transfer the azimuth of each sector using GPS modules, sector antenna, and the digital compass. In the conventional sensor network, the majority of localization algorithms were capable of estimating the position information of the sensor node by knowing at least 3 position values of anchor nodes. However, this paper has proposed localization algorithm that estimates the position of nodes to continuously move with sensor nodes and traveling nodes. The proposed localization mechanisms have been simulated in the Matlab. The simulation results show that our scheme performed better than other mechanisms (e.g. MCL, DV-distance).