Title
A Joint Time Synchronization and Localization Design For Mobile Underwater Sensor Networks
Abstract
Time synchronization and localization are basic services in a sensor network system. Although they often depend on each other, they are usually tackled independently. In this work, we investigate the time synchronization and localization problems in underwater sensor networks, where more challenges are introduced because of the unique characteristics of the water environment. These challenges include long propagation delay and transmission delay, low bandwidth, energy constraint, mobility, etc.We propose a joint solution for localization and time synchronization, in which the stratification effect of underwater medium is considered, so that the bias in the range estimates caused by assuming sound waves travel in straight lines in water environments is compensated. By combining time synchronization and localization, the accuracy of both are improved jointly. Additionally, an advanced tracking algorithm IMM (interactive multiple model) is adopted to improve the accuracy of localization in the mobile case. Furthermore, by combining both services, the number of required exchanged messages is significantly reduced, which saves on energy consumption. Simulation results show that both services are improved and benefit from this scheme.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/TMC.2015.2410777
IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput.
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Synchronization,Propagation delay,Accuracy,Mobile computing,Estimation,Joints,Wireless sensor networks
Journal
PP
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
99
1536-1233
27
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.00
19
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jun Liu110218.78
Zhaohui Wang227218.91
Jun-Hong Cui31805137.21
Shengli Zhou43909262.81
Bo Yang536140.37