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Self-Calibration of Sensor Networks

Patterson, Robert Matthew
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1023465547

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2002, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Electrical Engineering.
Unattended sensor networks are becoming increasingly valuable for many military and commercial applications. A number of sensors are distributed in a region of interest. These sensors have the ability to sense and record energy, process data, and communicate with a central information processor. The information gained from signal processing is often used for detecting, tracking, and identifying objects of interest. In certain circumstances, location and orientation information regarding these sensors is unknown after being placed in the scene. The problem considered in this thesis is how to locate and orient these sensors. We present methods for solving this problem using calibration source signals. Sources are distributed in the same region of interest, with their locations and signal emission times being unknown. Each sensor has the ability to generate direction-of-arrival (DOA) and time-of-arrival (TOA) estimates from the source signals. The goal is to estimate the locations and orientations of all sensors using these TOA and DOA measurements. We develop necessary conditions for solving the self-calibration problem and provide a maximum likelihood solution and corresponding location error estimate. A lower bound on calibration accuracy via the Cramer-Rao Bound is found. We also consider the problem of locating and orienting a network of unattended sensors using nominal location information in the form of a prior probability distribution function. We develop a Bayes approach to the calibration problem and compute accuracy bounds on the calibration procedure. A maximum a posteriori estimation algorithm is shown to achieve the accuracy bound. Results using both synthetic data and field measurements are presented.
Randolph Moses (Advisor)
74 p.
SENSOR; Sensor and Source; SELF-CALIBRATION; DOA; SENSOR NETWORKS; TOA

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  • Patterson, R. M. (2002). Self-Calibration of Sensor Networks [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1023465547

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Patterson, Robert. Self-Calibration of Sensor Networks. 2002. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1023465547.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Patterson, Robert. "Self-Calibration of Sensor Networks." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1023465547

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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