This paper presents a low cost indoor ultrasonicbased
positioning system. This system allows the mobile nodes of
a Wireless Sensor Network to know their location using
radiofrequency and ultrasonics. To achieve this goal, a matrix of
transmitting anchor points is installed whereas the mobile nodes
receive these transmitted signals and estimate the time-of-flight
of the ultrasonic signals. Using two time-of-flight measurements
and trilateration equations, the location of the mobile nodes can
be inferred in a 2-D space.
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