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Localization in 3D Surface Wireless Sensor Networks

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Localization of wireless sensor networks deployed over complex 3D terrains

Problem Definition

Sensor network localization refers to the process of estimating the locations of sensor nodes with information between neighboring sensor nodes such as connectivity, local distance, and angle measurements. In real-world applications, many large-scale wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are deployed over complex terrains. Formally, a three-dimensional (3D) surface WSN is defined as follows.

Definition 1 (3D Surface Wireless Sensor Network)

A 3D surface sensor network consists of sensor nodes deployed on a 3D surface where wireless signals between nearby nodes propagate along the surface only.

Definition 2 (Localization of 3D Surface Wireless Sensor Network)

Given a 3D surface sensor network with distance measurements between neighboring nodes within their communication range, the localization problem is to recover the 3D coordinates of each sensor node.

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  1. The Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA

    Miao Jin

  2. The Center for Cybersecurity, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Hongyi Wu

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo , Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

  2. Faculty of Business and Information Technology, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada

    Xiaodong Lin

  3. Dpt.of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Omaha, NE, USA

    Kuan Zhang

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    Ruilong Deng

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Jin, M., Wu, H. (2019). Localization in 3D Surface Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Shen, X., Lin, X., Zhang, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32903-1_258-1

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