Energy Constraints of Localization Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN): A Survey

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) localization is an important and fundamental problem that has received a lot of attention from the WSN research community. Determining the absolute and relative coordinate of sensor nodes in the network adds much more meaning to sense data. The research community is very rich in proposals to address this challenge in WSN. This paper, explores the various techniques proposed to address the acquisition of location information in WSN. The paper also evaluate the performance of these techniques based on the energy consumption, the skill and man hours needed to implement the technique and localization accuracy (error rate) and discuss some open issues for future research. Keywords Wireless sensor network, sensor nodes, localization centralized and distributed algorithm, range-based and range-free algorithm.