Collaborative Position Location for Wireless Networks in Harsh Environments

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dc.contributor.authorJia, Taoen
dc.contributor.committeechairBuehrer, R. Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeememberWyatt, Christopher L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPasupathy, Raghuen
dc.contributor.committeememberPratt, Timothy J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberReed, Jeffrey H.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:08:37Zen
dc.date.adate2010-04-15en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:08:37Zen
dc.date.issued2010-03-18en
dc.date.rdate2010-04-15en
dc.date.sdate2010-03-29en
dc.description.abstractPosition location has become one of the more important tasks for improving communication and networking performance for future commercial wireless systems. It is also the enabling technology for many control and sensing applications envisioned by the wireless sensor networks (WSN). Despite its meaningfulness and many algorithms being developed in the past several years, position location in harsh propagation environments remains to be a challenging issue, due mainly to the lack of sufficient infrastructure support and the prominent phenomenon of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) signal propagation. Recently, adopting the concept of collaborative position location has attracted much research interest due to its potential in overcoming the abovementioned two difficulties. In this work, we approach collaborative position location from two different angles. Specifically, we investigate the optimal performance of collaborative position location, which serves as a theoretical performance benchmark. In addition, we developed a computationally efficient algorithm for collaborative position location and incorporated an effective NLOS mitigation method to improve its performance in NLOS-dense environments. Overall, our work provides insight into both theoretical and practical aspects of collaborative position location.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-03292010-224530en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03292010-224530/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26548en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartJia_T_D_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcollaborative position locationen
dc.subjectnon-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagationen
dc.titleCollaborative Position Location for Wireless Networks in Harsh Environmentsen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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