TY - GEN
T1 - Hierarchical sensor networks
T2 - 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, IEEE SECON 2004
AU - Sankaranarayanan, Lalitha
AU - Kramer, Gerhard
AU - Mandayam, Narayan B.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - A three-tier hierarchical wireless sensor network is considered that consists of a cluster of sensors, an intermediate relay with better computing and communication capabilities than the sensors, and a central server or access point Such a network can be modeled as a multiple-access relay channel (MARC) with additive white Gaussian noise and fading. Capacity bounds for this network are presented with and without constraints on simultaneous reception and transmission by the relay. The results identify cooperative strategies between the relay and sensors for increasing network capacity. These strategies also preserve limited battery resources by eliminating the need for cooperation between sensors.
AB - A three-tier hierarchical wireless sensor network is considered that consists of a cluster of sensors, an intermediate relay with better computing and communication capabilities than the sensors, and a central server or access point Such a network can be modeled as a multiple-access relay channel (MARC) with additive white Gaussian noise and fading. Capacity bounds for this network are presented with and without constraints on simultaneous reception and transmission by the relay. The results identify cooperative strategies between the relay and sensors for increasing network capacity. These strategies also preserve limited battery resources by eliminating the need for cooperation between sensors.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/20344371477
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:20344371477
SN - 0780387961
SN - 9780780387966
T3 - 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, IEEE SECON 2004
SP - 191
EP - 199
BT - 2004 First Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, IEEE SECON 2004
Y2 - 4 October 2004 through 7 October 2004
ER -