Development of a portable XBee C library and RSSI triangulation localization framework

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks is a growing research field and researchers use a variety of wireless devices to perform radio communications. The XBee is a common wireless module that has become very popular amongst hobbyists and researchers alike due to its simple and efficient design. However, to use the XBee in complex networks, the user must construct specific packets to communicate within an XBee network. Here we will introduce an XBee C library which provides a modular, hardware-independent C library for XBee. Also using this library, we will explore establishing a framework for performing RSSI triangulation localization without the use of anchor nodes.