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Perfomance comparison of three localization protocols in WSN using Cooja

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Wireless sensor networks are applied in a large number of applications. Indoor localization is drawing significant attention in recent years. This is due to the need of achieving high localization accuracy at a low power consumption. The existing localization protocols are classified into two main types, including range-free and range-based protocols. Cooja, which is the Contiki network simulator, is used to evaluate the performance of different localization protocols. It facilitates the simulation of Contiki motes in small and large networks. Moreover, it emulates the motes at the hardware level. In this paper, we evaluate the accuracy and power consumption performance of three known localization protocols, namely: fingerprint, centroid, and DV-Hop using Tmote sky in Cooja. This is the first time this study is conducted in Cooja. The results conform to the theory that fingerprint protocol has better performance than centroid and DV-Hop protocols in terms of localization accuracy. On the other hand, DV-hop and centroid protocols outperform fingerprint protocol in terms of stability and power consumption.

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The authors would also like to thank King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and Acadia University for their support.

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    Tarek R. Sheltami & Essa Q. Shahra

  2. Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Elhadi M. Shakshuki

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Sheltami, T.R., Shahra, E.Q. & Shakshuki, E.M. Perfomance comparison of three localization protocols in WSN using Cooja. J Ambient Intell Human Comput 8, 373–382 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-017-0451-2

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