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This paper investigates the movable antenna (MA)- assisted downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network to maximize system throughput. In the considered scenario, both the base station (BS) and users are equipped with MA, and a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-28 Yufeng Zhou , Wen Chen , Qingqing Wu , Xusheng Zhu , Zhendong Li , Kunlun Wang , Qiong Wu

The present work considers the localization problem in wireless sensor networks formed by fixed nodes. Each node seeks to estimate its own position based on noisy measurements of the relative distance to other nodes. In a centralized batch…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Gemma Morral , Pascal Bianchi

The movable antenna (MA) is a promising technology to exploit more spatial degrees of freedom for enhancing wireless system performance. However, the MA-aided system introduces the non-convex antenna distance constraints, which poses…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-12 Yichen Jin , Qingfeng Lin , Yang Li , Yik-Chung Wu

We study the network localization problem, i.e., the problem of determining node positions of a wireless sensor network modeled as a unit disk graph. In an arbitrarily deployed network, positions of all nodes of the network may not be…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Kaustav Bose , Manash Kumar Kundu , Ranendu Adhikary , Buddhadeb Sau

We study a heterogeneous wireless sensor network (WSN) where N heterogeneous access points (APs) gather data from densely deployed sensors and transmit their sensed information to M heterogeneous fusion centers (FCs) via multi-hop wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-09 Saeed Karimi-Bidhendi , Jun Guo , Hamid Jafarkhani

Localization is expected to play a significant role in future wireless networks as positioning and situational awareness, navigation and tracking, are integral parts of 6G usage scenarios. Nevertheless, in many cases localization requires…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-02 Giorgos Stratidakis , Sotiris Droulias , Angeliki Alexiou

Underwater optical wireless links have limited range and intermittent connectivity due to the hostile aquatic channel impairments and misalignment between the optical transceivers. Therefore, multi-hop communication can expand the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-29 Nasir Saeed , Abdulkadir Celik , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

We consider the problem of self-localization by a resource-constrained mobile node given perturbed anchor position information and distance estimates from the anchor nodes. We consider normally-distributed noise in anchor position…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-07 Vikram Kumar , Reza Arablouei , Raja Jurdak , Branislav Kusy , Neil W. Bergmann

This paper addresses the problem of vision-based pedestrian localization, which estimates a pedestrian's location using images and camera parameters. In practice, however, calibrated camera parameters often deviate from the ground truth,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Wanyu Zhang , Jiaqi Zhang , Dongdong Ge , Yu Lin , Huiwen Yang , Huikang Liu , Yinyu Ye

Location-based services in a wireless network require nodes to know their locations accurately. Conventional solutions rely on contention-based medium access, where only one node can successfully transmit at any time in any neighborhood. In…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-09-10 Ming Gan , Dongning Guo , Xuchu Dai

We consider a network of agents that locate themselves in an environment through sensor measurements and aim to transmit a message signal to a base station via collaborative beamforming. The agents' sensor measurements result in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-19 Erfaun Noorani , Yagiz Savas , Alec Koppel , John Baras , Ufuk Topcu , Brian M. Sadler

This paper considers N mobile nodes that move together in the vicinity of each other, whose initial poses as well as subsequent movements must be accurately tracked in real time with the assist of M(>=3) reference nodes. By engaging the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-08-04 Xingkai Bao , Jing Li

This work proposes a novel approach to reinforce localization security in wireless networks in the presence of malicious nodes that are able to manipulate (spoof) radio measurements. It substitutes the original measurement model by another…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-01 Slavisa Tomic , Marko Beko , Yakubu Tsado , Bamidele Adebisi , Abiola Oladipo

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained researchers' attention in the last several years. Small sensors powered by miniaturized microprocessors are capable of supporting several applications for civil and military domains. Determining…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-03-14 Waleed Ammar , Ahmed ElDawy , Moustafa Youssef

In the recent years, there has been a huge advancement in wireless sensor computing technology. Today, wireless sensor network (WSN) has become a key technology for different types of smart environment. Nodes localization in WSN has arisen…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-06-24 Biljana Risteska Stojkoska

Sensor nodes are low cost, low power devices that are used to collect physical data and monitor environmental conditions from remote locations. Wireless Sensor Networks(WSN) are collection of sensor nodes, coordinating among themselves to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-03-18 Deepali Virmani , Satbir Jain

Accurate indoor node localization is critical for practical Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications, as Global Positioning System (GPS) fails to provide reliable Line-of-Sight (LoS) conditions in most indoor environments. Real-world…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Ze Zhang , Qian Dong

We analyze the problem of localization algorithms for underwater sensor networks. We first characterize the underwater channel for radio communications and adjust a linear model with measurements of real transmissions. We propose an…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-04-14 Javier Zazo , Santiago Zazo , Sergio Valcarcel Macua , Marina Pérez , Iván Pérez-Álvarez , Laura Cardona , Eduardo Quevedo

A common approach to localize a mobile robot is by measuring distances to points of known positions, called anchors. Locating a device from distance measurements is typically posed as a non-convex optimization problem, stemming from the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Frederike Dümbgen , Connor Holmes , Timothy D. Barfoot

Many WSN protocols require the location coordinates of the sensor nodes, as it is useful to consider the data collected by the sensors in the context of the location from which they were collected. Thus, one of the major challenges in WSNs…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-02 Ashanie Gunathillake