Title
People-Sensing Spatial Characteristics of RF Sensor Networks
Abstract
An "RF sensor" network can monitor RSS values on links in the network and perform device-free localization, i.e., locating a person or object moving in the area in which the network is deployed. This paper provides a statistical model for the RSS variance as a function of the person's position w.r.t. the transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX). We show that the ensemble mean of the RSS variance has an approximately linear relationship with the expected total affected power (ETAP). We then use analysis to derive approximate expressions for the ETAP as a function of the person's position, for both scattering and reflection. Counterintuitively, we show that reflection, not scattering, causes the RSS variance contours to be shaped like Cassini ovals. Experimental tests reported here and in past literature are shown to validate the analysis.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2009
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
device-free localization,fading,sensor network,statistical model
Field
DocType
Volume
Ensemble average,Transmitter,Expression (mathematics),Simulation,Computer science,Cassini oval,Algorithm,Statistical model,Scattering,RSS,Wireless sensor network,Distributed computing
Journal
abs/0911.1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.85
16
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Neal Patwari13805241.58
Joey Wilson246924.16