Cooperative robotic networks for underwater surveillance: an overview

G Ferri*, A Munafò*, A Tesei, P Braca… - IET Radar, Sonar & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Underwater surveillance has traditionally been carried out by means of surface and
undersea manned vessels equipped with advanced sensor systems. This approach is often …

A review on optimal placement of sensors for cooperative localization of AUVs

X Bo, AA Razzaqi, G Farid - Journal of Sensors, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐positioning of submerged Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) is a challenging
task due to nonavailability of GPS signals. One of the most recent solutions for this is the use …

A robust framework to design optimal sensor locations for TOA or RSS source localization techniques

A Aubry, P Babu, A De Maio, G Fatima… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We focus on the problem of finding optimal sensor locations for source localization
techniques based on either time of arrival (TOA) or received signal strength (RSS) …

Optimal placement of heterogeneous sensors for targets with Gaussian priors

C Yang, L Kaplan, E Blasch… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An optimal strategy for geometric sensor placement to enhance target tracking performance
is developed. Recently, a considerable amount of work has been published on optimal …

Optimal sensor placement for multiple target positioning with range-only measurements in two-dimensional scenarios

D Moreno-Salinas, AM Pascoal, J Aranda - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
The problem of determining the optimal geometric configuration of a sensor network that will
maximize the range-related information available for multiple target positioning is of key …

Optimality analysis of sensor-source geometries in heterogeneous sensor networks

W Meng, L Xie, W Xiao - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Source localization is an important application of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Many
types of sensors can be used for source localization, eg, range sensors, bearing sensors …

Formation optimization for AUV localization with range-dependent measurements noise

W Yan, X Fang, J Li - IEEE Communications Letters, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The optimal formation configuration for underwater localization of autonomous underwater
vehicle (AUV) with a more general measurements model is investigated. The evaluation …

Optimal sensor formation for 3D cooperative localization of AUVs using time difference of arrival (TDOA) method

X Bo, AA Razzaqi, X Wang - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The cooperative localization of submerged autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) using
the Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) measurements of surface AUV sensors is an effective …

Multiple underwater target positioning with optimally placed acoustic surface sensor networks

D Moreno-Salinas, AM Pascoal… - International Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In an increasing number of scientific and commercial mission scenarios at sea, it is required
to simultaneously localize a group of underwater targets. The latter may include moored …

Communication aware optimal sensor motion coordination for source localization

W Meng, L Xie, W Xiao - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper is concerned with optimal mobile sensor motion coordination for source
localization and tracking, taking into account of communication constraints. It is well known …