Systems Seminar

Energy Based Target Localization in a Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Network

Prof. Yu Hen Hu
UW ECE Department

Abstract

Wireless ad hoc sensor network is an emerging technology for remote monitoring. An important signal processing task to be performed by such a sensor network is to detect and locate a moving or standing ground vehicle target based on source (acoustic, seismic) signals emitted from the vehicle's engine or transmission system. In this presentation, we present preliminary work of a novel target localization method using the acoustic signal energy measured at surrounding sensors. Using an exponential energy decaying model of acoustic sources, we propose a robust and efficient method to compute the target location based on a maximum likelihood estimation framework. Some basic properties of the proposed algorithm will be discussed, together with simulation results.

Time and Place: Wed., Oct. 16, at 3:30 in 4610 Engr. Hall.

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