Underwater Localization and Tracking of Physical Systems

Abstract

We investigate the problem of localizing an underwater sensor node based on message broadcasting from multiple surface nodes. With the time-of-arrival measurements from a DSP-based multicarrier modem, each sensor node localizes itself based on the travel time differences among multiple senders to the receiver. Using one-way message passing, such a solution can scale to accommodate a large number of nodes in a network. We consider the issue from not only the physical layer, but also at the node processing layer by incorporating a tracking solution. We present simulation results, testing results in a swimming pool featuring both stationary and moving receivers, and results from a lake test with a mobile receiver.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Source ID
10.1155/2012/683919

Entities

People

  • Hao Zhou
  • Jun-hong Cui
  • Patrick Carroll
  • Peter Willett
  • Shengli Zhou
  • Xiaoka Xu

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of Connecticut

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.