paper

Lightweight Node Selection in Hexagonal Grid Topology for TDoA-Based UAV Localization

arXiv:2506.14311

Abstract

This paper investigates the optimization problem for TDoA-based UAV localization in low-altitude urban environments with hexagonal grid node deployment. We derive a lightweight optimized node selection strategy based on only RSSI measurements, to pre-select optimal nodes, avoiding extensive TDoA measurements in energy-constrained UAV scenarios. Theoretical and simulation results demonstrate that dynamically selecting the number of reference nodes improves localization performance while minimizing resource overhead.

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