A Multi-Sensor Stochastic Energy-Based Vibro-Localization Technique with Byzantine Sensor Elimination
Author:
Ambarkutuk Murat1ORCID, Alajlouni Sa’ed2ORCID, Tarazaga Pablo A.3ORCID, Plassmann Paul E.1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA 2. Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan 3. J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Abstract
This paper presents an occupant localization technique that determines the location of individuals in indoor environments by analyzing the structural vibrations of the floor caused by their footsteps. Structural vibration waves are difficult to measure as they are influenced by various factors, including the complex nature of wave propagation in heterogeneous and dispersive media (such as the floor) as well as the inherent noise characteristics of sensors observing the vibration wavefronts. The proposed vibration-based occupant localization technique minimizes the errors that occur during the signal acquisition time. In this process, the likelihood function of each sensor—representing where the occupant likely resides in the environment—is fused to obtain a consensual localization result in a collective manner. In this work, it becomes evident that the above sources of uncertainties can render certain sensors deceptive, commonly referred to as “Byzantines.” Because the ratio of Byzantines among the set sensors defines the success of the collective localization results, this paper introduces a Byzantine sensor elimination (BSE) algorithm to prevent the unreliable information of Byzantine sensors from affecting the location estimations. This algorithm identifies and eliminates sensors that generate erroneous estimates, preventing the influence of these sensors on the overall consensus. To validate and benchmark the proposed technique, a set of previously conducted controlled experiments was employed. The empirical results demonstrate the proposed technique’s significant improvement (3~0%) over the baseline approach in terms of both accuracy and precision.
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Biochemistry,Instrumentation,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Analytical Chemistry
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