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AI-driven, topology-aware anchor elimination improves range-free localization accuracy in wireless sensor networks by up to 30%, demonstrating that selectively removing poorly informative anchors outperforms using all available anchors. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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To develop an AI-assisted, distributed dynamic anchor elimination framework that extends the classical DV-Hop algorithm for improved localization accuracy in wireless sensor networks.

August 22, 2026The International journal of networked and distributed computingOpen Access

Topology-Aware Anchor Selection Using AI for Range-Free Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

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JDJosé Díaz-Román BMBoris Mederos JCJuan Cota-Ruiz

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Simulation study demonstrates that AI-guided anchor selection reduces localization error in wireless sensor networks, indicating that eliminating uninformative anchors outperforms full-anchor setups.

Key Points

To develop an AI-assisted, distributed dynamic anchor elimination framework that extends the classical DV-Hop algorithm for improved localization accuracy in wireless sensor networks.
Implemented a distributed decision-making framework using machine learning classifiers to dynamically eliminate uninformative anchors.
Designed a feature extraction scheme capturing spatial relationships, network connectivity metrics, and distance estimation errors across 40 simulated WSN scenarios featuring uniform and non-uniform anchor layouts.
Removing a single poorly informative anchor identified via AI processing significantly improved positioning accuracy, with the LM+LGBM model achieving nearly a 30% reduction in RMSE compared to full-anchor configurations under uniform deployments.
Localization performance degraded when anchors were concentrated in limited spatial regions, demonstrating the critical impact of anchor topology on distributed positioning accuracy.

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Díaz-Román et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895effca7ade938187d3ba https://doi.org/10.1007/s44227-026-00120-4

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August 22, 2026The International journal of networked and distributed computingOpen Access

Topology-Aware Anchor Selection Using AI for Range-Free Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

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Authors

JDJosé Díaz-Román BMBoris Mederos JCJuan Cota-Ruiz

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Overview

Simulation study demonstrates that AI-guided anchor selection reduces localization error in wireless sensor networks, indicating that eliminating uninformative anchors outperforms full-anchor setups.

Key Points

To develop an AI-assisted, distributed dynamic anchor elimination framework that extends the classical DV-Hop algorithm for improved localization accuracy in wireless sensor networks.
Implemented a distributed decision-making framework using machine learning classifiers to dynamically eliminate uninformative anchors.
Designed a feature extraction scheme capturing spatial relationships, network connectivity metrics, and distance estimation errors across 40 simulated WSN scenarios featuring uniform and non-uniform anchor layouts.
Removing a single poorly informative anchor identified via AI processing significantly improved positioning accuracy, with the LM+LGBM model achieving nearly a 30% reduction in RMSE compared to full-anchor configurations under uniform deployments.
Localization performance degraded when anchors were concentrated in limited spatial regions, demonstrating the critical impact of anchor topology on distributed positioning accuracy.

Cite This Study

Díaz-Román et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895effca7ade938187d3ba https://doi.org/10.1007/s44227-026-00120-4

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