학술논문

A Single-Anchor Mobile Localization Scheme
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing IEEE Trans. on Mobile Comput. Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on. 23(1):56-69 Jan, 2024
Subject
Computing and Processing
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Location awareness
Global navigation satellite system
Wireless sensor networks
Wireless communication
Millimeter wave communication
MIMO communication
Distance measurement
Mobile localization
single anchor
TML
TSAL
Language
ISSN
1536-1233
1558-0660
2161-9875
Abstract
It is necessary for rescuers to localize a target trapped in a an unknown area resulting from various natural disasters or human warfare. The global navigation satellite systems and existing wireless and cellular infrastructures may have been partially or totally constrained and not available for localization in the target area. In this article, we propose a simple yet effective single-anchor mobile localization scheme, called TSAL as a potential solution in the case where traditional localization methods fail. By building three Cartesian coordinate systems and carrying out distance and/or steering-angle measurement with the off-the-shelf approaches while the target node is moving, utilizing just one of existing normally-functioning cellular Base Stations (BSs) as the only anchor or redeploying only one BS is enough to localize the target. In addition, TSAL also works with multiple anchor nodes and we propose a corresponding scheme based on TSAL, called TML, which can obtain more accurate localization. Theoretical analyses, extensive simulations and real-world experiments are conducted for evaluating the proposed schemes, with the effects of a set of parameter settings investigated, which shows the high availability and effectiveness of our schemes.