Underwater Sensor Network Positioning Using an AUV Moving on a Random Waypoint Path

ABSTRACT In this paper, a range-free, passive, and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)-based localization scheme is proposed for underwater acoustic sensor networks. The AUV has used four directional acoustic beams with fixed steering angle and width, which led to the constant ratio of array size to wavelength, in order to localize the sensor nodes. The AUV was moved on a random waypoint path and broadcasted messages periodically. The sensor nodes used two successively received message sequences which were submitted by two beams on one side of the AUV path in order to localize themselves. Extensive simulation results in MATLAB demonstrated that using the proposed localization scheme could yield better localization success than other AUV-based localization methods.

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