Asynchronous Ranging Method using Estimated Frequency Differences in Wireless Sensor Networks


The KIPS Transactions:PartC, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 31-44, Feb. 2008
10.3745/KIPSTC.2008.15.1.31,   PDF Download:

Abstract

The clock frequency difference of sensor nodes is one of main parameters in TOF estimation and affect to degrade ranging algorithms to estimate positions of mobile nodes in wireless sensor networks. The specification of IEEE802.15.4a describes asynchronous TWR and SDS-TWR insensitive to frequency difference without any additional network synchronization. But the TWR and SDS-TWR can not eliminate sufficiently the effect of frequency difference of node pair, packet processing delay and its difference. Especially use of low cost oscillator with wide range offset, sensor node with different hardware and software can make the positioning errors worse. We propose an estimation method of frequency differences, and apply the measured frequency differences to TWR and SDS-TWR. We evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm with simulation, and make certain that the proposed method enhances the performance of existing algorithms with positioning errors less than 25 cm.


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[IEEE Style]
Y. S. Nam and J. D. Huh, "Asynchronous Ranging Method using Estimated Frequency Differences in Wireless Sensor Networks," The KIPS Transactions:PartC, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 31-44, 2008. DOI: 10.3745/KIPSTC.2008.15.1.31.

[ACM Style]
Yoon Seok Nam and Jae Doo Huh. 2008. Asynchronous Ranging Method using Estimated Frequency Differences in Wireless Sensor Networks. The KIPS Transactions:PartC, 15, 1, (2008), 31-44. DOI: 10.3745/KIPSTC.2008.15.1.31.