Distributed network center and area estimation
US10440553B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments include a wireless sensor network including a plurality of sensor nodes each comprising: a signal receiver configured to receive intermediate information from at least one of one or more neighboring nodes of the plurality of sensor nodes, one or more processors configured to receive the intermediate information and update the intermediate information based on a soft-max approximation function, and a transmitter configured to send the intermediate information, as updated, to at least one of the one or more neighboring nodes of the plurality of sensor nodes. For each sensor node of the plurality of sensor nodes: the sensor node can store local location coordinates for the sensor node, and the sensor node can be devoid of receiving location coordinates for any other of the plurality of sensor nodes. The plurality of sensor nodes can be configured to communicate in a distributed manner for a first plurality of iterations until a final iteration of the first plurality of iterations when a predetermined stopping condition is satisfied. The plurality of sensor nodes can be further configured to generate an estimated center of the wireless sensor network based on the inter…
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