RELATIVE NODES LOCALIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS USING RECEIVED STRENGTH SIGNAL VARIATIONS

Mohamed Salah Bouassida, Mohamed Shawky

2008

Abstract

The geographical localization of entities in a wireless network is one of the most important issues of neighborhood awareness. A precise localization provides an advantage for the geographically-located services. However, the geographical localization within a wireless network should take into account the characteristics and the specificities of such environment. In this paper, we present a technique allowing a receiver to localize a sender within its range, without additional devices, as a GPS (Global Positioning System). We use only 3 RSSIs (Received Strength Signal Indicators) measurements, under the assumption that the sender sends messages with the same signal strength.

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Salah Bouassida M. and Shawky M. (2008). RELATIVE NODES LOCALIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS USING RECEIVED STRENGTH SIGNAL VARIATIONS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-62-3, pages 195-202. DOI: 10.5220/0002020601950202


in Bibtex Style

@conference{winsys08,
author={Mohamed Salah Bouassida and Mohamed Shawky},
title={RELATIVE NODES LOCALIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS USING RECEIVED STRENGTH SIGNAL VARIATIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={195-202},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002020601950202},
isbn={978-989-8111-62-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2008)
TI - RELATIVE NODES LOCALIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS USING RECEIVED STRENGTH SIGNAL VARIATIONS
SN - 978-989-8111-62-3
AU - Salah Bouassida M.
AU - Shawky M.
PY - 2008
SP - 195
EP - 202
DO - 10.5220/0002020601950202