• DocumentCode
    2096373
  • Title

    Walking GPS: a practical solution for localization in manually deployed wireless sensor networks

  • Author

    Stoleru, Radu ; He, Tian ; Stankovic, John A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-18 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    480
  • Lastpage
    489
  • Abstract
    We present the design, implementation and evaluation of a simple, practical and cost effective localization solution, called walking GPS, that can be used in real, manual deployments of wireless sensor networks. We evaluate our localization solution exclusively in real deployments of MICA2 and XSM motes. Our experiments show that 100% of the deployed motes localize (i.e,. have a location position) and that the average localization errors are within 1 to 2 meters, due mainly to the limitations of the existing commercial GPS devices.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; wireless sensor networks; 1 to 2 m; commercial GPS device limitations; localization errors; manually deployed wireless sensor networks; position location; sensor localization; walking GPS; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Computer science; Costs; Defense industry; Global Positioning System; Helium; Intelligent networks; Legged locomotion; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Local Computer Networks, 2004. 29th Annual IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    0742-1303
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2260-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCN.2004.136
  • Filename
    1367269