Abstract

This paper introduces the notion of network experimentation and proposes an experimentation methodology particularly suited for cooperative wireless networks. Based on this methodology we performed extensive measurement campaigns and compare various cooperative localization techniques under a common setting. Network experiments enable (i) the quantification of cooperation benefits, (ii) the development of techniques for harnessing environmental information, and (iii) the characterization of network localization algorithms. As a case study, we consider ultrawide bandwidth cooperative location-aware networks in cluttered indoor environments and evaluate their performance based on measurements collected from network experiments.