Learning Sensor Location from Signal Strength and Connectivity.

Received signal strength (RSS) or connectivity, i.e., whether or not two devices can communicate, are two relatively inexpensive (in terms of device and energy costs) measurements at the receiver that indicate the distance from the transmitter. Such measurements can either be quickly dismissed as too unreliable for localization, or idealized by ignoring the non-circular nature of a transmitter's coverage area. This chapter finds a middle ground between these two extremes by using measurement-based statistical models to represent the inaccuracies of RSS and connectivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]