Abstract:
In this paper, we propose a non-centralised navigation setup framework using the ubiquitous IoT sensor nodes as landmarks for non-GPS navigation where GPS or cellular cov...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
In this paper, we propose a non-centralised navigation setup framework using the ubiquitous IoT sensor nodes as landmarks for non-GPS navigation where GPS or cellular coverage is poor or non-existent. Navigation will not require central control like legacy cellular networks but the IoT nodes can communicate among themselves. Such scenarios may arise in dense urban landscape and forest regions where device to device communication can enable navigation. These IoT sensors for navigation purposes will be referred to as navigation anchor points (NAP). When a navigation request arrives, these NAPs send distance information to the hand-held device of the requester. This hand-held device runs a computationally inexpensive shortest path algorithm to find out the NAPs between the source and the destination. The NAPs estimate the distances between themselves by using the received signal strength when they exchange beacon packets. The distance estimation between these NAPs can be plagued by measurement noise due to the multi-path effect. Measurement noise can be reduced by increasing the number of beacon packets used to measure the signal strength or by changing the transmission power. In this paper, we conducted simulations with a variable number of beacon packets and power and include all types of wireless channel conditions. We argued that radio clutter can change without any notice due to objects, humans and change in vegetation. Therefore it is necessary to run navigation setup every time a request arrives and not rely on a fixed set of NAPs for a source-destination pair. These NAPs are mostly battery operated and therefore, energy conservation for an extended period of operation is necessary. Hence we can see a trade-off between the accuracy of the number of NAPs used in navigation to the energy used in setting up the navigation path. This paper has explored the possibility of using the non-GPS non-centralised navigation scheme in scenarios where there is inadequate satel...
Published in: 2019 29th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC)
Date of Conference: 27-29 November 2019
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 27 April 2020
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