Mobile Anchor Assisted Effective Node Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is collection of thousands of randomly, spatially distributed low-cost Sensor Nodes (SN) deployed normally in harsh environments. These deployed SNs collects data and delivers to Base Station (BS) located in a remote region. In a sensor network it is necessary to know about the location of sensor node and data collected by that node as it has a strong impact on overall performance of the WSN. An algorithm to transfer data using energy efficient mobile anchor based localization mechanism is presented in this paper. Firstly, the distance between anchor node and unknown node is determined using Received Signal Strength (RSS) and then using Trilateration method location of the unknown node is identified. Proposed algorithm aims to decrease the consumable energy that improves life of the network. Simulation results are compared with the existing localization technique to evaluate performance of the proposed algorithm in terms of energy consumption, packet delivery ratio and control overheads. The proposed scheme performs better than the existing Mobile Anchor Assisted Localization algorithm based on Regular Hexagon (MAALRH) for WSNs.