Authors

Pan Wang

Type

Text

Type

Thesis

Advisor

Zuo, Lei. | Wang, Xin

Date

2013-12-01

Keywords

Electrical engineering

Department

Department of Electrical Engineering.

Language

en_US

Source

This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77492

Publisher

The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.

Format

application/pdf

Abstract

An algorithm based on Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is designed for locating a wireless signal source in Multi-Robot System (MRS). Mobile robots are initially assigned to different locations. They are either sending or sensing wireless signals. The purpose of the algorithm is to establish communication among robots by locating the signal sources. Three main behavior modes of a robot are proposed for the algorithm skeleton through behavior-based analyzing. A log-distance path loss model is adopted for representing Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) on a grid map. The locating process is a gradient-based motion control which refers to the RSSI measurement in the grid map. We simulated the locating algorithm in Matlab. The result of the simulation demonstrates a good locating result in a RSSI map without fading effect. In a RSSI map with Rayleigh fading, multiple movements and variations in step size are integrated into the algorithm to cope with measurement errors by the fading effect of the RSSI. | 41 pages

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