Wireless sensor networks localization algorithms: a comprehensive survey
Asma Mesmoudi, Mohammed Feham, Nabila Labraoui

TL;DR
This survey comprehensively reviews wireless sensor network localization algorithms, categorizing them into range-based, range-free, and hybrid schemes, and discusses their advantages, limitations, and future research directions.
Contribution
It provides a clear classification framework for localization schemes and compares key algorithms, aiding future research in WSN localization.
Findings
Range-based and range-free schemes are classified into fully and hybrid types.
Comparison of key localization algorithms highlights strengths and weaknesses.
Future research directions include hybrid schemes and energy-efficient localization methods.
Abstract
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have recently gained a lot of attention by scientific community. Small and inexpensive devices with low energy consumption and limited computing resources are increasingly being adopted in different application scenarios including environmental monitoring, target tracking and biomedical health monitoring. In many such applications, node localization is inherently one of the system parameters. Localization process is necessary to report the origin of events, routing and to answer questions on the network coverage,assist group querying of sensors. In general, localization schemes are classified into two broad categories: range-based and range-free. However, it is difficult to classify hybrid solutions as range-based or range-free. In this paper we make this classification easy, where range-based schemes and range-free schemes are divided into two types:…
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Taxonomy
TopicsIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies · Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks · Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
