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In this paper, a cooperative localization algorithm is proposed that considers the existence of obstacles in mobilityassisted wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this scheme, a mobile anchor (MA) node cooperates with static sensor nodes and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Hongyang Chen , Qingjiang Shi , Pei Huang , H. Vincent Poor , Kaoru Sezaki

This paper regards the relative localization problem in sensor networks. We study a randomized algorithm, which is based on input-driven consensus dynamics and involves pairwise "gossip" communications and updates. Due to the randomness of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-03-13 Chiara Ravazzi , Paolo Frasca , Roberto Tempo , Hideaki Ishii

Positioning using wave signal measurements is used in several applications, such as GPS systems, structure from sound and Wifi based positioning. Mathematically, such problems require the computation of the positions of receivers and/or…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-05-24 Luca Ferranti , Kalle Åström , Magnus Oskarsson , Jani Boutellier , Juho Kannala

A fundamental challenge in multi- and many-core systems is the correct execution of concurrent access to shared data. A common drawback from existing synchronization mechanisms is the loss of data locality as the shared data is transferred…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Stefan Reif , Phillip Raffeck , Luis Gerhorst , Wolfgang Schröder-Preikschat , Timo Hönig

A reliable, accurate, and affordable positioning service is highly required in wireless networks. In this paper, the novel Message Passing Hybrid Localization (MPHL) algorithm is proposed to solve the problem of cooperative distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Hassan Naseri , Visa Koivunen

We demonstrate a wireless, decentralized time-alignment method for distributed antenna arrays and distributed wireless networks that achieves picosecond-level synchronization. Distributed antenna arrays consist of spatially separated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-29 Naim Shandi , Jason M. Merlo , Jeffrey A. Nanzer

Synchronization is a fundamental procedure in cellular systems whereby an UE acquires the time and frequency information required to decode the data transmitted by a BS. Due to the necessity of using large antenna arrays to obtain the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Javier Rodriguez-Fernandez

Phase, frequency, and time synchronization are crucial requirements for many applications, such as multi-static remote sensing and communication systems. Moreover, the synchronization solution becomes even more challenging when the nodes…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-23 Juan Merlano Duncan , Liz Martinez-Marrero , Jorge Querol , Sumit Kumar , Adriano Camps , Symeon Chatzinotas , Bjorn Ottersten

We investigate localization of a source based on angle of arrival (AoA) measurements made at a geographically dispersed network of cooperating receivers. The goal is to efficiently compute accurate estimates despite outliers in the AoA…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-06-19 Bharath Ananthasubramaniam , Upamanyu Madhow

Extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) systems emerge as a promising technology in beyond 5G and 6G wireless networks to support the deployment of distributed architectures. This paper explores the use of ELAAs to enable joint…

Multi-static backscatter networks (BNs) are strong candidates for joint communication and localization in the ambient IoT paradigm for 6G. Enabling real-time localization in large-scale multi-static deployments with thousands of devices…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-17 Tara Esmaeilbeig , Kartik Patel , Traian E. Abrudan , John Kimionis , Eleftherios Kampianakis , Michael S. Eggleston

Accurate wireless timing synchronization has been an extremely important topic in wireless sensor networks, required in applications ranging from distributed beam forming to precision localization and navigation. However, it is very…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-09-29 Marcelo Segura , S. Niranjayan , Hossein Hashemi , Andreas F. Molisch

A precise fiber-based time and frequency dissemination scheme for multiple users with a tree-like branching topology is proposed. Through this scheme, ultra-stable signals can be easily accessed online anywhere along the fiber without…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-23 Wei Chen , Qin Liu , Nan Cheng , Dan Xu , Fei Yang , Youzhen Gui , Haiwen Cai

Average consensus theory is intensely popular for building time synchronization in wireless sensor network (WSN). However, the average consensus-based time synchronization algorithm is based on iteration that pose challenges for efficiency,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-02 Fanrong Shi , Xianguo Tuo , Lili Ran , Zhenwen Ren , Simon X. Yang

This paper proposes a multistatic radar (MSR) system utilizing a distributed wireless synchronization protocol. The wireless synchronization protocol uses a two-tone waveform exchange for frequency synchronization and a bi-directional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-30 Kumar Sai Bondada , Daniel J. Jakubisin , R. Michael Buehrer

Localization is a fundamental challenge for any wireless network of nodes, in particular when the nodes are mobile. We present an extension of the classical Multidimensional scaling (MDS) for an anchorless network of mobile nodes, wherein…

Applications · Statistics 2015-04-15 Raj Thilak Rajan , Geert Leus , Alle-Jan van der Veen

The paper addresses state estimation for clock synchronization in the presence of factors affecting the quality of synchronization. Examples are temperature variations and delay asymmetry. These working conditions make synchronization a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Maurizio Mongelli , Stefano Scanzio

Analyzing the distribution shift of data is a growing research direction in nowadays Machine Learning (ML), leading to emerging new benchmarks that focus on providing a suitable scenario for studying the generalization properties of ML…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Marius Dragoi , Elena Burceanu , Emanuela Haller , Andrei Manolache , Florin Brad

The problem of time synchronization in dense wireless networks is considered. Well established synchronization techniques suffer from an inherent scalability problem in that synchronization errors grow with an increasing number of hops…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-16 An-swol Hu , Sergio D. Servetto

Accurate and fast-convergent time synchronization is very important for wireless sensor networks. The flooding time synchronization converges fast, but its transmission delay and by-hop error accumulation seriously reduce the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-02 Fanrong Shi , Xianguo Tuo , Simon X. Yang , Jing Lu , Huailiang Li