Localization in Wireless Networks: Foundations and Applications

✍ Scribed by Jessica Feng Sanford, Miodrag Potkonjak, Sasha Slijepcevic (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 206
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In a computational tour-de-force, this volume wipes away a host of problems related to location discovery in wireless ad-hoc sensor networks. WASNs have recognized potential in many applications that are location-dependent, yet are heavily constrained by factors such as cost and energy consumption. Their “ad-hoc” nature, with direct rather than mediated connections between a network of wireless devices, adds another layer of difficulty.

Basing this work entirely on data-driven, coordinated algorithms, the author’s aim is to present location discovery techniques that are highly accurate—and which fit user criteria. The research deploys nonparametric statistical methods and relies on the concept of joint probability to construct error (including location error) models and environmental field models. It also addresses system issues such as the broadcast and scheduling of the beacon. Reporting an impressive accuracy gain of almost 17 percent, and organized in a clear, sequential manner, this book represents a stride forward in wireless localization.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Stastical Techniques and Location Discovery....Pages 9-39
Location Discovery in Presence of Insufficient Number of Measurements....Pages 41-64
Lack of the Golden Standard and Missing Measurements....Pages 65-95
Beacon Positioning and Operations....Pages 97-128
Techniques for Enabling Efficient Location Discovery....Pages 129-160
Localization Attacks and Countermeasures....Pages 161-187
Future Research Directions....Pages 189-192
Back Matter....Pages 193-197

✦ Subjects

Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Information Systems and Communication Service; Communications Engineering, Networks; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography