MST-based topology control with NLOS location error compensation for location-aware networks

The topology control algorithms can improve the network capacity and network lifetime in location-aware networks. The topology control algorithms require accurate locations of mobile nodes or distances between each of the mobile nodes. The IEEE 802.15.4a-based location-aware networks can provide precise ranging distance between two mobile nodes. The mobile nodes can obtain their accurate locations by using accurate ranging distances. However, in the IEEE 802.15.4a networks, the ranging distance has a large measurement error in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions. In this paper, we propose MST-based topology control with NLOS location error compensation algorithm to improve location accuracy and prevent mobile nodes from connecting to unstable links in NLOS condition. Performance evaluation shows the proposed algorithm constructs a topology map which has low location errors with considering the instability of NLOS links in NLOS condition.