Node location estimation is not only the promise of the wireless network for target recognition,monitoring,tracking and many other applications,but also one of the hot topics in wireless network research.In this paper...Node location estimation is not only the promise of the wireless network for target recognition,monitoring,tracking and many other applications,but also one of the hot topics in wireless network research.In this paper,the localization algorithm for wireless network with unevenly distributed nodes is discussed,and a novel multi-hop localization algorithm based on Elastic Net is proposed.The proposed approach is formulated as a regression problem,which is solved by Elastic Net.Unlike other previous localization approaches,the proposed approach overcomes the shortcomings of traditional approaches assume that nodes are distributed in regular areas without holes or obstacles,therefore has a strong adaptability to the complex deployment environment.The proposed approach consists of three steps:the data collection step,mapping model building step,and location estimation step.In the data collection step,training information among anchor nodes of the given network is collected.In mapping model building step,the mapping model among the hop-counts and the Euclidean distances between anchor nodes is constructed using Elastic Net.In location estimation step,each normal node finds its exact location in a distributed manner.Realistic scenario experiments and simulation experiments do exhibit the excellent and robust location estimation performance.展开更多
基金The paper is sponsored by the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(15KJB520009,16KJD520004)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M601861)+1 种基金Jiangsu Postdoctoral Science Foundation(1701049A)the Open Project Program of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Remote Measurement and Control(YCCK201603).
文摘Node location estimation is not only the promise of the wireless network for target recognition,monitoring,tracking and many other applications,but also one of the hot topics in wireless network research.In this paper,the localization algorithm for wireless network with unevenly distributed nodes is discussed,and a novel multi-hop localization algorithm based on Elastic Net is proposed.The proposed approach is formulated as a regression problem,which is solved by Elastic Net.Unlike other previous localization approaches,the proposed approach overcomes the shortcomings of traditional approaches assume that nodes are distributed in regular areas without holes or obstacles,therefore has a strong adaptability to the complex deployment environment.The proposed approach consists of three steps:the data collection step,mapping model building step,and location estimation step.In the data collection step,training information among anchor nodes of the given network is collected.In mapping model building step,the mapping model among the hop-counts and the Euclidean distances between anchor nodes is constructed using Elastic Net.In location estimation step,each normal node finds its exact location in a distributed manner.Realistic scenario experiments and simulation experiments do exhibit the excellent and robust location estimation performance.
