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Reducing Communication Overhead for Cooperative Localization Using Nonparametric Belief Propagation

Publicated to: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 1 (4): 308-311 - 2012-09-03 1(4), DOI: 10.1109/WCL.2012.042512.120172

Authors:

Savic, V; Zazo, S
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Univ Politecn Madrid, Signal Proc Applicat Grp, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

A number of methods for cooperative localization has been proposed, but most of them provide only location estimate, without associated uncertainty. On the other hand, nonparametric belief propagation (NBP), which provides approximated posterior distributions of the location estimates, is expensive mostly because of the transmission of the particles. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to reduce communication overhead for cooperative positioning using NBP. It is based on: i) communication of the beliefs (instead of the messages), ii) approximation of the belief with Gaussian mixture of very few components, and iii) censoring. According to our simulations results, these modifications reduce significantly communication overhead while providing the estimates almost as accurate as the transmission of the particles.
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Keywords

AccuracyApproximation methodsBelief propagationCensoringCommunication costCooperative localizationMessage approximationNoise measurementNonparametric belief propagationSensorsWireless communicationWireless sensor networks

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Q4 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Control and Systems Engineering, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.13, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-25, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 29
  • Scopus: 34
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 17 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/16781/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 449
  • Downloads: 362
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Savic, Vladimir) and Last Author (ZAZO BELLO, SANTIAGO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Savic, Vladimir.

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Awards linked to the item

V. Savic is supported by the FPU fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. This work is supported, in part, by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under the grants TEC2009-14219-C03-01 and TEC2010-21217-C02-02-CR4HFDVL; program CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 under the grant CSD2008-00010 COMONSENS; and the European Commission under the grant FP7-ICT-2009-4-248894-WHERE-2.
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