Low-Complexity RSS-based Underwater Localization with Unknown Transmit Power

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Auteurs principaux: Li, Yingquan, Xu, Jiajie, Mukhopadhyay, Bodhibrata, Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
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author Li, Yingquan
Xu, Jiajie
Mukhopadhyay, Bodhibrata
Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
author_facet Li, Yingquan
Xu, Jiajie
Mukhopadhyay, Bodhibrata
Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
contents Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) have received significant attention due to their various applications, with underwater target localization playing a vital role in enhancing network performance. Given the challenges and high costs associated with UWSN deployments, Received Signal Strength (RSS)-based localization offers a viable solution due to its minimal hardware requirements and cost-effectiveness. In this paper, we assign distance-based weights to RSS measurements, providing higher reliability to closer anchor nodes. Using the weighted RSS measurements and generalized trust region subproblem (GTRS), we propose the GTRS-based localization technique with Unknown Transmit Power (GUTP), which can be solved by a simple bisection method. Unlike conventional localization methods that require prior knowledge of the target node's transmit power, GUTP jointly estimates both the location and transmit power of the target node, broadening its practical use. Additionally, we derive the Cramer-Rao lower bounds (CRLBs) for RSS-based underwater localization with known and unknown transmit power, respectively. Extensive simulations demonstrate that GUTP achieves enhanced accuracy and significantly lower computational complexity in estimating the target node's location and transmit power compared to existing semidefinite programming (SDP)-based techniques.
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spellingShingle Low-Complexity RSS-based Underwater Localization with Unknown Transmit Power
Li, Yingquan
Xu, Jiajie
Mukhopadhyay, Bodhibrata
Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
Signal Processing
Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) have received significant attention due to their various applications, with underwater target localization playing a vital role in enhancing network performance. Given the challenges and high costs associated with UWSN deployments, Received Signal Strength (RSS)-based localization offers a viable solution due to its minimal hardware requirements and cost-effectiveness. In this paper, we assign distance-based weights to RSS measurements, providing higher reliability to closer anchor nodes. Using the weighted RSS measurements and generalized trust region subproblem (GTRS), we propose the GTRS-based localization technique with Unknown Transmit Power (GUTP), which can be solved by a simple bisection method. Unlike conventional localization methods that require prior knowledge of the target node's transmit power, GUTP jointly estimates both the location and transmit power of the target node, broadening its practical use. Additionally, we derive the Cramer-Rao lower bounds (CRLBs) for RSS-based underwater localization with known and unknown transmit power, respectively. Extensive simulations demonstrate that GUTP achieves enhanced accuracy and significantly lower computational complexity in estimating the target node's location and transmit power compared to existing semidefinite programming (SDP)-based techniques.
title Low-Complexity RSS-based Underwater Localization with Unknown Transmit Power
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12278