Selection of Anchor Nodes in Time of Arrival for Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

Localization in wireless sensor network plays crucial role in emerging wireless communication applications. In this paper, the maximum lambda and minimum error (MaxL-MinE) localization technique is implemented with different configuration of nodes in MATLAB. It is found that the accuracy of position error is reduced as the number of anchor nodes increases. The outcome of this study would be useful for developing real-time wireless sensor network (WSN) localization models.

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