Title :
Information theory of wireless sensor networks: the n-helper Gaussian case
Author :
Ahmed, Mohiuddin ; Pottie, Gregory
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, wireless sensor networks are considered from an information theory point of view and the rate distortion region for the special case of correlated Gaussian sources where n sources provide partial side information to one main source is discussed
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; correlation theory; radio networks; radiotelemetry; rate distortion theory; correlated Gaussian sources; information theory; n-helper Gaussian case; partial side information; rate distortion region; wireless sensor networks; Communication system security; Computer aided software engineering; Encoding; Information theory; Intelligent sensors; Rate-distortion; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Signal processing algorithms; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2000. Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5857-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2000.866734
