Journal of Xidian University ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (6): 15-22.doi: 10.19665/j.issn1001-2400.2022.06.003

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Robust node placement in TDOA-based multiple sources localization

ZHAO Yue1(),LI Zan1(),LI Bing2(),LU Xiaoju3(),HAO Benjian1()   

  1. 1. School of Telecommunications Engineering,Xidian University,Xi’an 710071,China
    2. Unit 31007 of PLA,Beijing 100000,China
    3. Unit 69036 of PLA,Urumqi 830000,China
  • Received:2022-01-10 Online:2022-12-20 Published:2023-02-09

Abstract:

This paper focuses on the scenario consisting of nodes with fixed positions and nodes with flexible positions,and studies the robust placement method of the flexible nodes in the presence of the uncertainty area of sources and uncertainty interval of TDOA noise strength.First,a TDOA-based multiple source localization scenario with fixed nodes and flexible nodes is constructed.Then,the weighted average worst-case CRLB (WAW-CRLB) is proposed to robustly measure the source localization accuracy in the presence of various uncertainties.Second,an optimization problem is formulated with the objective function as the WAW-CRLB and the decision variable as the position vectors of flexible nodes.The problem is then resolved by the genetic algorithm.Simulation results validate the performance advantage of the proposed robust node placement algorithm with two baselines;and verify accuracy improvement with the number of flexible nodes.

Key words: spectrum monitoring, TDOA localization, node placement, robust optimization, genetic algorithm

CLC Number: 

  • TN92