Automatic position determination of fixed infrastructure sensor network nodes based on topology sensing and maps

Werner Kurschl, Wolfgang Gottesheim, Stefan Mitsch, Rene Prokop, Johannes Schönböck

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Abstract

The tracking of objects and humans has recently received a lot of attention as a tool to improve business processes, occupational and public safety. In industrial environments wireless sensor networks can facilitate deployment of tracking applications as they can establish a standalone communication infrastructure (a so called mesh network). Many such positioning and location tracking systems deploy a fixed infrastructure (so-called beacons) with known positions to determine the position of mobile nodes in the network. For large-scale deployments the installation effort of such systems may be a major cost-factor, as the exact position of each beacon needs to be manually determined and associated with map material. We therefore propose a position determination tool that automatically finds the positions of beacons based on the sensor network's topology, digital map material of the environment, and a small set of anchor nodes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks, ICWN 2008
Pages17-22
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks, ICWN 2008 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 14 Jul 200817 Jul 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks, ICWN 2008

Conference

Conference2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks, ICWN 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period14.07.200817.07.2008

Keywords

  • Deployment
  • Topology
  • Wireless sensor networks

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