Publication detail

Signal Propagation and Distance Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks

MORÁVEK, P. KOMOSNÝ, D. ŠIMEK, M. JELÍNEK, M. GIRBAU, D. LÁZARO, A.

Original Title

Signal Propagation and Distance Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks

English Title

Signal Propagation and Distance Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original Abstract

Localization algorithms used in wireless sensor networks can be divided into two groups: range-free and range-based algorithms. Distance estimation is a basic procedure for the latter ones since they employ distances for position determination. Therefore, this paper deals with the investigation of signal propagation for the purposes of distance estimation. Distances can be determined from the received signal power; however, there are several phenomenons, which negatively influence the measurement of signal power. One of them, the uncertainty in a radio channel, is discussed in more details. The measurement of received signal power and the uncertainty in radio channel were performed. The measurement set-up and results from both indoor and outdoor are presented and discussed.

English abstract

Localization algorithms used in wireless sensor networks can be divided into two groups: range-free and range-based algorithms. Distance estimation is a basic procedure for the latter ones since they employ distances for position determination. Therefore, this paper deals with the investigation of signal propagation for the purposes of distance estimation. Distances can be determined from the received signal power; however, there are several phenomenons, which negatively influence the measurement of signal power. One of them, the uncertainty in a radio channel, is discussed in more details. The measurement of received signal power and the uncertainty in radio channel were performed. The measurement set-up and results from both indoor and outdoor are presented and discussed.

Keywords

Distance estimation, localization, RSS, wireless sensor networks, uncertainty, measurement

RIV year

2010

Released

16.08.2010

ISBN

978-963-88981-0-4

Book

The 33rd International Conference on Telecommunication and Signal Processing, TSP 2010

Pages from

35

Pages to

40

Pages count

6

BibTex 


@inproceedings{BUT32791,
  author="Patrik {Morávek} and Dan {Komosný} and Milan {Šimek} and Mojmír {Jelínek} and David {Girbau} and Antonio {Lázaro}",
  title="Signal Propagation and Distance Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks",
  annote="Localization algorithms used in wireless sensor networks can be divided into two groups: range-free and range-based algorithms. Distance estimation is a basic procedure for the latter ones since they employ distances for position determination. Therefore, this paper deals with the investigation of signal propagation for the purposes of distance estimation. Distances can be determined from the received signal power; however, there are several phenomenons, which negatively influence the measurement of signal power. One of them, the uncertainty in a radio channel, is discussed in more details. The measurement of received signal power and the uncertainty in radio channel were performed. The measurement set-up and results from both indoor and outdoor are presented and discussed.",
  booktitle="The 33rd International Conference on Telecommunication and Signal Processing, TSP 2010",
  chapter="32791",
  howpublished="online",
  year="2010",
  month="august",
  pages="35--40",
  type="conference paper"
}