An RSS-based localization scheme using direction calibration and reliability factor information for wireless sensor networks

KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-61

  Tran Xuan, Cong ^a   Koo, Insoo ^b  

^a Ericsson Vietnam Company Ltd   (Viet Nam)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Direction calibration; Localization; Multilateration; Path loss exponent; Received signal strength; Reliability factors; Weighted least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649097778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19767277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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