Communication and computation tradeoffs for a network of intelligent sensors

Author

Cheng, Yuan-chieh ; Robertazzi, Thomas G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA

fYear

1988

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

161

Abstract

A linear network of intelligent sensors is examined. The objective is to solve a computational problem in a minimal amount of time. The sensors in the networks can be equipped either with front-end processors for communication off-loading or without front-end processors. The cases of equal division of processing load and optimal division of processing load are discussed for both the network with front-end processors and the network without front-end processors. An example of the inclusion of the solution time, the time taken for sensors to report the solution back to originator, is also presented.<>

Keywords

computer networks; computerised instrumentation; computerised signal processing; data communication systems; detectors; communication off-loading; computation tradeoffs; distributed intelligent sensor networks; front-end processors; intelligent sensors; linear network; processing load; sensor fusion systems; solution time; Channel capacity; Computer networks; Design methodology; Distributed computing; Intelligent networks; Intelligent sensors; Monitoring; Parallel processing; Proposals; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Networking Symposium, 1988., Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0835-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CNS.1988.4992

Filename

4992