Understanding node localizability of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1249-1260

  Yang, Zheng ^a   Liu, Yunhao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ad hoc networks; graph rigidity; localizability; Localization; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CONNECTED NETWORKS; LOCALIZABILITY; LOCALIZATION; LOCATION AWARENESS; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; NETWORK DEPLOYMENT; NOVEL CONCEPT; REAL-WORLD SYSTEM; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; WIRELESS AD HOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; LOCATION BASED SERVICES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84863436942     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.122     Document Type: Article

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