Application and Modeling of a Magnetic WSN for Target Localization
2013 UKSim 15th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation
Abstract
The aim of this study is modeling ferromagnetic targets for localization and identification of such objects by a wireless sensor network (WSN). MICAz motes were used for setting up a wireless sensor network utilizing a centralized tree-based system. The detection and tracking of ferromagnetic objects is an important application of WSNs. This research focuses on analyzing the sensing limitations of magnetic sensors via tests conducted on small-scale targets which are moving within a 30 cm radius around the sensors. To detect target presence and determine direction of motion, changes in magnetic field intensity are measured by the magnetic sensors. Target detection, identification and sequential localization (DISL) were accomplished using a minimum distance algorithm. The effect of environmental variations, such as temperature and power supply variations and magnetic noise, on DISL performance is examined based on experimental tests.
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S. Baghaee, S. Z. Gürbüz and E. Uysal-Bıyıkoğlu, "Application and Modeling of a Magnetic WSN for Target Localization," in 2013 UKSim 15th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, pp. 687-692, 2013. doi: 10.1109/UKSim.2013.54.
@inproceedings{baghaee2013application,
author = {Baghaee, Sajjad and Gürbüz, Sevgi Zübeyde and Uysal-Bıyıkoğlu, Elif},
title = {Application and Modeling of a Magnetic WSN for Target Localization},
booktitle = {2013 UKSim 15th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation},
pages = {687-692},
publisher = {IEEE},
year = {2013},
doi = {10.1109/UKSim.2013.54},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6527502}
}