Linear closed-form estimator for sensor localisation using RSS and AOA measurements. (30th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Jian; Cao, Ping
• Is Part Of: International journal of ad hoc and ubiquitous computing. Volume 31:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 178
• Page End: 188
• Publication Date: 2019-06-30
• Subjects: WSNs -- wireless sensor networks -- localisation -- RSS -- received signal strength -- AOA -- angle of arrival -- linear least square; Ubiquitous computing -- Periodicals; Embedded computer systems -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; Computer architecture -- Periodicals; 004.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-8225

Abstract

Using the hybrid received signal strength (RSS) and angle of arrival (AOA) measurements, a position estimation model is proposed for sensor localisation in three-dimensional plane. Then the unconstraint linear least square (ULLS) and constraint linear least square (CLLS) estimators are designed to obtain the closed-form solutions to the positions of source nodes by considering the known transmit power. When the transmit power is unavailable, a global linear least square (GLLS) estimator is also put forward to estimate the positions of source nodes along with the transmit power. The simulations show that the computational complexity of the proposed linear estimators is greatly lower than that of the convex semidefinite programming (SDP) method. When the measurement noises are small, the linear ULLS, CLLS and GLLS estimators perform better than that of the SDP method. Due to the exploiting of constraint condition, the accuracy performance of the CLLS estimator can approach the Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) of position estimation.