This paper presents a robust approach to the problem of localizing multiple emitters in cluttered environments using a network of low-cost sensors. A pseudo maximum likelihood (PML) function, whose peaks strongly indi...
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This paper presents a robust approach to the problem of localizing multiple emitters in cluttered environments using a network of low-cost sensors. A pseudo maximum likelihood (PML) function, whose peaks strongly indicate the number and locations of the true emitters, is generated from available sensor measurements. Localization is performed by first iteratively associating the individual sensor measurements to the PML peaks and then generating true maximum likelihood (ML) estimates of the emitter locations based on the associated measurements. These emitter location estimates are fed to an EKF-based, decentralized architecture for initiating, sustaining and sharing local track activity throughout the sensor network. The iterative PML approach is shown to be efficient with computational complexity that is linear in the number of measurements. Additionally, simulation results illustrate the ability of the proposed approach to generate accurate emitter location estimates in cluttered environments for generating and sustaining all track activity in a fully decentralized sensor network.
The advances of Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology lead to new types of sensors named "multimodal" sensors where multiple features can be sensed and reported by one sensor. Forming a wireless ...
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The advances of Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology lead to new types of sensors named "multimodal" sensors where multiple features can be sensed and reported by one sensor. Forming a wireless sensor network of such sensors poses new challenges to the wireless sensornetworks in addition to the current challenges. Currently, each multimodalsensor reports periodically a message for each feature or a long message that contains all the features compared to the traditional sensors. Such multimodal sensor networks could be used for multiple purposes and serve different applications. However, data handling and information processing as well as data/decision tasks became much harder than before. In this paper, we introduce a set of clustering algorithms taking into consideration the reported multiple features as well as some of the sensors parameters such as nodes' residual energy and clusterheads' degree. The paper utilizes different clustering techniques including fuzzy logic. The proposed algorithms are designed to simplify the next step operation which is data/decision fusion and decision making operations. Through an extensive set of experiments, the proposed algorithms are evaluated.
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