access icon free Posterior Cramer-Rao lower bound for wireless sensor localisation networks

A general closed expression of posterior Cramer-Rao lower bound (PCRLB) for wireless sensor networks is derived and presented, based on Bayesian estimation and well suited to dynamic systems. The aim is to guide the localisation algorithm design and anchor layout fulfilling certain accuracy requirement. There is a growing need for wireless sensor systems to determine the position information indoors and in somewhere satellite positioning cannot provide service. PCRLB sets a fundamental lower limit to all kinds of localisation algorithms within consideration of dynamic state transition. This result shows that the theoretically best position solution can be obtained.

Inspec keywords: Bayes methods; sensor placement; wireless sensor networks; indoor radio; target tracking

Other keywords: localisation algorithm design; PCRLB; localisation algorithms; fundamental lower limit; dynamic systems; wireless sensor localisation networks; wireless sensor networks; general closed expression; posterior Cramer-Rao; position information indoors; anchor layout; wireless sensor systems; Bayesian estimation; satellite positioning

Subjects: Other topics in statistics; Other topics in statistics; Radio links and equipment

http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/el.2018.6456
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