Gray Wolf Optimizer With Communication Strategy Based on DV-Hop for Nodes Location of Wireless Sensor Networks

Node localization remains a pivotal research challenge in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). The DV-Hop method, which estimates the positions of unknown nodes using anchor nodes and multi-hop forwarding, significantly lacks localization accuracy. To address this deficiency, this paper introduces an imp...

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Main Authors: Dan Yu, Ting Yuan, Haiyin Qing, Wenwu Xie, Peng Zhu
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Ting Yuan
Haiyin Qing
Wenwu Xie
Peng Zhu
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description Node localization remains a pivotal research challenge in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). The DV-Hop method, which estimates the positions of unknown nodes using anchor nodes and multi-hop forwarding, significantly lacks localization accuracy. To address this deficiency, this paper introduces an improved Grey Wolf Optimizer with a communication strategy (IGWO-CS). To alleviate the constraints imposed by the convergence factor in the conventional GWO algorithm, a Logistic chaotic mapping has been integrated. Moreover, two novel communication strategies, namely the Adaptive Weight Mechanism and Lévy Flight, have been implemented. The Adaptive Weight Mechanism dynamically adjusts positions during the weight update process, while the pronounced randomness and the mechanisms of Lévy Flight steps enhance information exchange among wolves, thereby improving convergence speed. Comprehensive experimental analyses on established benchmark functions have validated the efficacy of the IGWO-CS method, illustrating its competitiveness with other advanced algorithms such as the Ranking-based Adaptive Cuckoo Search (RACS) and Modified Particle Swarm Optimization (MPSO). The IGWO-CS method outperformed in 17 out of 23 benchmark functions. In simulation experiments, it achieved standard deviations of normalized errors and distance errors at 1.15E-04 and 2.31E-03, respectively. Quantitative evaluations confirm that the IGWO-CS method surpasses the RACS and MPSO in localization accuracy within WSN, demonstrating its substantial superiority.
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spelling doaj-art-0335ed25944e4093bf0f20f06f0e2e0c2025-08-20T03:28:40ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011311530711532010.1109/ACCESS.2024.344565010638635Gray Wolf Optimizer With Communication Strategy Based on DV-Hop for Nodes Location of Wireless Sensor NetworksDan Yu0Ting Yuan1https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1414-5871Haiyin Qing2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-3645Wenwu Xie3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2902-6023Peng Zhu4School of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Materials Engineering, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Sichuan, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, ChinaNode localization remains a pivotal research challenge in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). The DV-Hop method, which estimates the positions of unknown nodes using anchor nodes and multi-hop forwarding, significantly lacks localization accuracy. To address this deficiency, this paper introduces an improved Grey Wolf Optimizer with a communication strategy (IGWO-CS). To alleviate the constraints imposed by the convergence factor in the conventional GWO algorithm, a Logistic chaotic mapping has been integrated. Moreover, two novel communication strategies, namely the Adaptive Weight Mechanism and Lévy Flight, have been implemented. The Adaptive Weight Mechanism dynamically adjusts positions during the weight update process, while the pronounced randomness and the mechanisms of Lévy Flight steps enhance information exchange among wolves, thereby improving convergence speed. Comprehensive experimental analyses on established benchmark functions have validated the efficacy of the IGWO-CS method, illustrating its competitiveness with other advanced algorithms such as the Ranking-based Adaptive Cuckoo Search (RACS) and Modified Particle Swarm Optimization (MPSO). The IGWO-CS method outperformed in 17 out of 23 benchmark functions. In simulation experiments, it achieved standard deviations of normalized errors and distance errors at 1.15E-04 and 2.31E-03, respectively. Quantitative evaluations confirm that the IGWO-CS method surpasses the RACS and MPSO in localization accuracy within WSN, demonstrating its substantial superiority.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10638635/Gray Wolf optimizerLévy flightlogistic chaotic mappingcommunication strategyadaptive weight mechanism
spellingShingle Dan Yu
Ting Yuan
Haiyin Qing
Wenwu Xie
Peng Zhu
Gray Wolf Optimizer With Communication Strategy Based on DV-Hop for Nodes Location of Wireless Sensor Networks
IEEE Access
Gray Wolf optimizer
Lévy flight
logistic chaotic mapping
communication strategy
adaptive weight mechanism
title Gray Wolf Optimizer With Communication Strategy Based on DV-Hop for Nodes Location of Wireless Sensor Networks
title_full Gray Wolf Optimizer With Communication Strategy Based on DV-Hop for Nodes Location of Wireless Sensor Networks
title_fullStr Gray Wolf Optimizer With Communication Strategy Based on DV-Hop for Nodes Location of Wireless Sensor Networks
title_full_unstemmed Gray Wolf Optimizer With Communication Strategy Based on DV-Hop for Nodes Location of Wireless Sensor Networks
title_short Gray Wolf Optimizer With Communication Strategy Based on DV-Hop for Nodes Location of Wireless Sensor Networks
title_sort gray wolf optimizer with communication strategy based on dv hop for nodes location of wireless sensor networks
topic Gray Wolf optimizer
Lévy flight
logistic chaotic mapping
communication strategy
adaptive weight mechanism
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10638635/
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