Node localization for sensor networks using Self-Organizing Maps

The localization of sensor node is one of the key issues for sensor network systems. Therefore, several localization systems to obtain precise location information have been researched. However, they need completely configured space using a large number of anchor nodes of which location are well known, and are not suitable for sensor networks. To avoid the problems, we proposed the node localization method based on Self-Organizing Maps and needs no prepared space with a large number of anchor nodes. But, as in other similar precise localization methods, the proposed method needs advanced distance measurements unavailable in conventional sensor node systems. In this paper, the modification of the self-organizing localization for distance measurement that uses received signal strength available in conventional sensor node systems is described and its location estimation accuracy is shown.