Distributed sensor processing over an ad hoc wireless network: simulation framework and performance criteria

Author

Van Dyck, Robert E. ; Miller, Leonard E.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Technol. Group, Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

894

Abstract

The evaluation of existing and future distributed sensor processing system concepts can be done well using simulation, provided that the simulation is faithful in representing both the medium in which the sensors interface with the phenomena that they measure or detect and the medium in which the sensors interface with each other to achieve a distributed mode of operation. Performance criteria for distributed sensor processing over ad hoc wireless networks are stated and an architecture for analysis and simulation of this kind of system is described.

Keywords

distributed processing; military communication; packet radio networks; sensor fusion; ad hoc wireless network; collaborative signal processing; distributed sensor processing; military networks; multihop networking algorithms; parameter estimation; wireless sensor network; Acoustic sensors; Analytical models; Collaboration; Mobile ad hoc networks; Performance analysis; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Signal processing; Vehicles; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7225-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985967

Filename

985967