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. 2019 Nov 1;19(21):4748. doi: 10.3390/s19214748
WSN wireless sensor network
GPS global positioning system
RSSI received-signal-strength indicator
γ path-loss exponent coefficient
v,ω translational velocity, rotational velocity
ωr,ωl right-wheel speed, left-wheel speed
x,y,θ NSBot2’s position in x- direction, y- direction, and heading angle
ts sampling time (in odometry)
μ weighting parameter
μ0*,μ1* optimal weighting parameters (error minimizer when ϕ=0, error minimizer when ϕ=1)
e transient error (in cm)
ET total error (in cms)
ϕ indicator for rotational motion
OβN ET based on Proposition 1/Corollary 1 (only in Section 2.4)
βT localization via Zigbee-based RSSI method with theoretical path-loss model and a moving average filter in Equation (19)
βN localization via Zigbee-based RSSI method as described in Lemma 1
Od localization via odometry
EKf localization via extended Kalman filter
Oβp localization via Proposition 1
Oβc localization via Corollary 1
t,tf,Δtr time, execution time, total duration of rotation (in seconds)