Abstract
In this paper, the accuracy of the “Phase-of-Arrival” (POA) ranging method is investigated in comparison with the well-known Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) method. The IEEE 802.15.4-compliant transceiver AT86RF233 [1] [2], which forms part of a low-power sensor node, was used to take measurements in different scenarios and evaluate both methods.
Additionally, a localization system based on a sensor network was built and a new measurement campaign was carried out to investigate the position accuracy of three low-complexity localization algorithms, i.e. Multilateration, Extended-Min-Max (E-Min-Max) and Weighted Centroid Localization (WCL). The results show that it is possible to have average position errors smaller than 1m using the POA method for distance estimation and the E-Min-Max localization algorithm.
Index Terms: Wireless Sensor Network, Phase of Arrival, Received Signal Strength Indicator, Localization.
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Robles, J.J., Birkenmaier, JM., Meng, X., Lehnert, R. (2014). Performance of POA-Based Sensor Nodes for Localization Purposes. In: Guo, S., Lloret, J., Manzoni, P., Ruehrup, S. (eds) Ad-hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks. ADHOC-NOW 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8487. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07425-2_28
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