A distributed AOA based localization algorithm for wireless sensor networks

Journal of Computers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Di Stefano, Gabriele ^a   Petricola, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angle of arrival; Distributed algorithm; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AD-HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS; ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA); CONVERGENCE (MATHEMATICS); DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL COORDINATION; LOCALIZATION ALGORITHMS; NUMERICA L RESULTS; WIRELESS SENSORS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77952232310     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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