Title
Hybrid Area Exploration-Based Mobility-Assisted Localization With Sectored Antenna In Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract
In common practice, sensor nodes are randomly deployed in wireless sensor network (WSN); hence, location information of sensor node is crucial in WSN applications. Localization of sensor nodes performed using a fast area exploration mechanism facilitates precise location-based sensing and communication. In the proposed localization scheme, the mobile anchor (MA) nodes integrated with localization and directional antenna modules are employed to assist in localizing the static nodes. The use of directional antennas evades trilateration or multilateration techniques for localizing static nodes thereby resulting in lower communication and computational overhead. To facilitate faster area coverage, in this paper, we propose a hybrid of max-gain and cost-utility-based frontier (HMF) area exploration method for MA node's mobility. The simulations for the proposed HMF area exploration-based localization scheme are carried out in the Cooja simulator. The paper also proposes additional enhancements to the Cooja simulator to provide directional and sectored antenna support. This additional support allows the user with the flexibility to feed radiation pattern of any antenna obtained either from simulated data of the antenna design simulator, ie, high frequency structure simulator (HFSS) or measured data of the vector network analyzer (VNA). The simulation results show that the proposed localization scheme exhibits minimal delay, energy consumption, and communication overhead compared with other area exploration-based localization schemes. The proof of concept for the proposed localization scheme is implemented using Berkeley motes and customized MA nodes mounted with indigenously designed radio frequency (RF) switch feed network and sectored antenna.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1002/dac.4220
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Keywords
Field
DocType
area exploration, directional antennas, localization, mobile anchor node, wireless sensor networks
Computer science,Real-time computing,Directional antenna,Electrical engineering,Wireless sensor network
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
33
4
1074-5351
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shamanth Nagaraju101.69
Sreejith200.34
Gudino, Lucy J.345.19
Bhushan V. Kadam400.68
C. K. Ramesha532.76
Joseph X. Rodrigues601.35