Energy efficiency of cooperative dense wireless sensor networks

Tony Q.S. Quek, Moe Z. Win, Davide Dardari

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Abstract

Decentralized detection in a network of wireless sensor nodes involves the fusion of information about a phenomenon of interest (POI) from geographically dispersed sensor nodes. In this paper, we investigate a binary decentralized detection problem in a dense wireless sensor network (WSN). We assume that the strength of the POI varies spatially. We consider a fusion architecture which allows cooperation among the nodes. In order to allow the nodes to cooperate, we propose a consensus flooding protocol and analyze the average energy consumption when cooperation is present. Unlike similar works, we analyze the effect of a realistic sensing model, flooding protocol and network connectivity on the system reliability and energy consumption. We demonstrate that a trade-off exists among spatial diversity gain, average energy consumption, delivery ratio of the flooding protocol, network connectivity, node density, and POI intensity in the cooperative architecture. Consequently, we are able to determine when the additional performance gain provided by cooperation outweighs the increase in average energy consumption required to cooperate.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIWCMC 2006 - Proceedings of the 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
Pages1323-1330
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
EventIWCMC 2006 - 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Duration: 2006 Jul 32006 Jul 6

Publication series

NameIWCMC 2006 - Proceedings of the 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
Volume2006

Other

OtherIWCMC 2006 - 2006 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver, BC
Period06-07-0306-07-06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software

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