Regional positioning method and apparatus in wireless sensor network
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsYoonmee DOH, Noseong PARK, Hyunhak KIM, Sun-Joong KIM, Cheol Sig PYO
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Abstract
A regional positioning method and apparatus in a wireless sensor network (WSN) is provided. The regional positioning method in a WSN, the regional positioning method including: setting a locating premise in the WSN based on a signal strength of an anchor node; sensing an event where a sensor node, installed in a target and called a target node, joins the WSN; detecting a locating premise where the target node is located based on the sensing of the event; and recognizing a location of the target based on the detected locating premise.
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A regional positioning method in a wireless sensor network (WSN), the regional positioning method comprising:
- setting a locating premise in the WSN based on a signal strength of an anchor node;
- sensing an event where a sensor node, installed in a target and called a target node, joins the WSN;
- detecting a locating premise where the target node is located based on the sensing of the event;
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- recognizing a location of the target based on the detected locating premise.
A regional positioning apparatus in a WSN, the regional positioning apparatus comprising:
- an area setting unit to set a locating premise in the WSN based on a signal strength of an anchor node;
- an event sensing unit to sense an event where a sensor node, installed in a target and called a target node, joins the sensor network;
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- a location recognition unit to detect a locating premise where the target node is located based on the sensing of the event, and recognize a location of the target based on the detected locating premise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.