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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Yoonmee Doh, Daejeon, KR;
Noseong Park, Daejeon, KR;
Hyunhak Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sun-joong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Cheol Sig Pyo, Daejeon, KR;
Yoonmee Doh, Daejeon, KR;
Noseong Park, Daejeon, KR;
Hyunhak Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Sun-Joong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Cheol Sig Pyo, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A regional positioning method and apparatus in a wireless sensor network (WSN) is provided. The regional positioning method in a WSN, the regional positioning method including: setting a locating premise in the WSN based on a signal strength of an anchor node; sensing an event where a sensor node, installed in a target and called a target node, joins the WSN; detecting a locating premise where the target node is located based on the sensing of the event; and recognizing a location of the target based on the detected locating premise.