Abstract When some sensor nodes of wireless sensor networks (WSN) can not work forever because of long-term work or failure caused by attack, a few new comers need to be put into the network. For the application of the new comer in WSN, an accurate and effective localization algorithm based on received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is proposed. Through a few necessary nodes’ participation and the collaboration between the new comer and its one-hop and two-hop neighbor nodes, the accurate localization of the new comer is achieved. Simulation results show that the localization accuracy is about 17% of sensor node’s radio frequency (RF) transmission range, when the measurement error is 10% and the standard deviation for Gauss error of original sensor nodes’ coordinate is about 20% of sensor node’s RF transmission range. Simulation results also verify nice stability and adaptability of the new comer’s location algorithm.
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