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Efficient Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks (무선 센서 네트워크에서 효율적 측위 기법)

  • Park, Na-Yeon;Son, Cheol-Su;Kim, Won-Jung
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.159-173
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    • 2009
  • Locations of positioned nodes as well as gathered data from nodes are very important because generally multiple nodes are deployed randomly and data are gathered in wireless sensor network. Since the nodes composing wireless sensor network are low cost and low performance devices, it is very difficult to add specially designed devices for positioning into the nodes. Therefore in wireless sensor network, technology positioning nodes precisely using low cost is very important and valuable. This research proposes Cooperative Positioning System, which raises accuracy of location positioning and also can find positions on multiple sensors within limited times. And this research verifies this technology is excellent in terms of performance, accuracy, and scalability through simulation.

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Precision Improvement of Indoor Wireless Positioning by Considering Clock Offsets and Wireless Synchronization (클럭 오프셋과 무선동기를 고려한 실내 무선측위 정밀도 향상 기법)

  • Lim, Erang;Kang, Jimyung;Lee, Soonwoo;Park, Youngjin;Lee, Woncheol;Shin, Yoan
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.37C no.10
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    • pp.894-900
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    • 2012
  • Indoor wireless positioning system uses ranging information of beacons in order to precisely estimate a tag location. To estimate distance between each beacons and tag, the system calculates arrival time of a tag pulse with clock of each beacon including independent clock offset. This clock offset seriously affects the performance of ranging and positioning. We propose in this paper a clock offset compensation method to solve this problem. To verify the performance of the proposed method, we simulated location estimation with random clock offset between -1,000ppm and 1,000ppm, and the result shows that the proposed scheme effectively solves the clock offset problem.

A Non-coherent UWB Direct Chaotic Ranging System for Precision Location and Positioning

  • Yang, Wan-Cheol;Lee, Sang-Yub;Lee, Kwang-Du;Kim, Ki-Hwan;Yang, Chang-Soo;Kim, Hak-Sun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.311-315
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    • 2006
  • Precision location and positioning of Asset within a network is an attractive feature with various applications, especially in indoor environments. Such a demand is met by the standard task group, IEEE 802.15.4a. Several methods, that is, pulse, chirp and chaotic communications have been proposed so far to satisfy the requirements of the standard. Among them, ultra wideband direct chaotic communications has advantageous features such as low hardware complexity, low cost, lower power consumption and flexible frequency band plan. In this paper, the feasibility of the ranging system using non-coherent chaotic transceiver is investigated by designing and implementing the system and the performance is proved by conducting location experiments in real indoor environments.

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An Average-Weighted Angle of Arrival Parameter Estimation Technique for Wireless Positioning based on IEEE 802.15.3a (IEEE 802.15.3a 기반의 무선 위치인식을 위한 평균가중 신호 도착방향 매개변수 추정 기법)

  • Baang, Sung-Keun;Lee, Yong-Up
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.35 no.5C
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    • pp.472-478
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    • 2010
  • In the environment of wireless communication system of IEEE 802.15.3a UWB standard, the angle of arrival(AOA) estimation technique for the indoor wireless positioning algorithms, based on the AOA parameter estimation which fits well for the wireless communication channel and shows high estimation accuracy, is proposed. After the UWB signal model, based on the IEEE 802.1.3a standard, is constructed, the average weighted MUSIC technique is proposed, which shows better estimation accuracy than those of conventional estimation technique. Through the simulation studies, the environment of the indoor wireless positioning system including the IEEE 802.15.3a channel is configured and we demonstrate better estimation results by the proposed AOA estimation technique than those from the conventional method.

WMPS: A Positioning System for Localizing Legacy 802.11 Devices

  • Gallo, Pierluigi;Garlisi, Domenico;Giuliano, Fabrizio;Gringoli, Francesco;Tinnirello, Ilenia
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.106-116
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    • 2012
  • The huge success of location-aware applications has called for the rapid development of an alternative positioning system to the global positioning system (GPS) for indoor localization based on existing technologies, such as 802.11 wireless networks. This paper proposes the Wireless MAC Processor Positioning System (WMPS), which is a localization system running on off-the-shelf 802.11 Access Points and based on the time-of-flight ranging of users' standard terminals. This paper proves through extensive experiments that the propagation delays can be measured with the accuracy required by indoor applications despite the different noise components that can affect the result: latencies of the hardware transreceivers, multipath, ACK jitters and timer quantization. Key to this solution is the choice of the Wireless MAC Processor architecture, which enables a straightforward implementation of the ranging subsystem directly inside the commercial cards without affecting the basic DCF channel access algorithm. In addition to the proposed measurement framework, this study developed a simple and effective localization algorithm that can work without requiring any preliminary calibration or device characterization. Finally, the architecture allows the measurement methodology to be adjusted as a function of the network load or propagation environments at the run time, without requiring any firmware update.

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Design of Wireless Rechargeable RTLS Tag (무선 충전 가능한 RTLS 태그 설계)

  • Kim, Tae Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.59-60
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    • 2015
  • Wireless power transfer is a technique that supplies the necessary power to the various electronic devices over the air without wires. The technology is classified as near-field wireless power transfer technology using inductive coupling and far-field wireless power transfer technology using antenna. In this paper, RTLS tag for high-precision positioning and wireless power transfer module was designed in order to solve the power supply problem for facility management. was designed for high-precision positioning is possible RTLS tags and wireless charging. The wireless charging pad provides the capability to charge up to four devices using he magnetic resonance system.

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Path Loss Exponent Estimation for Indoor Wireless Sensor Positioning

  • Lu, Yu-Sheng;Lai, Chin-Feng;Hu, Chia-Cheng;Huang, Yueh-Min;Ge, Xiao-Hu
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.243-257
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    • 2010
  • Rapid developments in wireless sensor networks have extended many applications, hence, many studies have developed wireless sensor network positioning systems for indoor environments. Among those systems, the Global Position System (GPS) is unsuitable for indoor environments due to Line-Of-Sight (LOS) limitations, while the wireless sensor network is more suitable, given its advantages of low cost, easy installation, and low energy consumption. Due to the complex settings of indoor environments and the high demands for precision, the implementation of an indoor positioning system is difficult to construct. This study adopts a low-cost positioning method that does not require additional hardware, and uses the received signal strength (RSS) values from the receiver node to estimate the distance between the test objects. Since many objects in indoor environments would attenuate the radio signals and cause errors in estimation distances, knowing the path loss exponent (PLE) in an environment is crucial. However, most studies preset a fixed PLE, and then substitute it into a radio propagation loss model to estimate the distance between the test points; such method would lead to serious errors. To address this problem, this study proposes a Path Loss Exponent Estimation Algorithm, which uses only four beacon nodes to construct a radio propagation loss model for an indoor environment, and is able to provide enhanced positioning precision, accurate positioning services, low cost, and high efficiency.

AoA-Based Local Positioning System Using a Time-Modulated Array

  • Baik, Kyung-Jin;Lee, Sangjoon;Jang, Byung-Jun
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.181-185
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we propose an angle-of-arrival (AoA)-based local positioning system using a time-modulated array (TMA). The proposed system can determine a two-dimensional position using only two TMAs without any synchronization between the two receivers. The hardware for the proposed system consists of two commercial monopole antennas, a self-designed switch, and a well-known software-defined radio receiver. Furthermore, the location can be simply estimated in real time without the need for complicated positioning algorithms such as the MUSIC and ESPRIT algorithms. In order to evaluate the performance of our system, we estimated the position of the wireless node in an office environment. The position was estimated with a mean error of less than 0.1 m. We therefore believe that our system is appropriate for various wireless local positioning applications.