Synchronization and Performance of a Cooperative Pulse Transmission Algorithm for a Wireless Network of Active Sensors

Author

Walker, T. Owens, III ; Tummala, Murali ; Michael, J. Bret

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Naval Postgrad. Sch., Monterey, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

717

Lastpage

721

Abstract

A cluster-based, cooperative pulse transmission scheduling algorithm is presented and analyzed for a wireless network of active sensors. Synchronization requirements are defined and addressed to accommodate time, frequency, and phase constraints. Performance metrics for the received signal- to-noise ratio (SNR) and the maximum pulse repetition frequency (PRF) are developed and analyzed. A trade-off is found to exist between the two metrics that can be managed by optimizing the number of nodes per cluster. The performance is shown to be substantially better than the conventional "hand-off technique and is validated through simulation for both uniform and random arrays.

Keywords

synchronisation; wireless sensor networks; active sensors; cooperative pulse transmission algorithm; pulse repetition frequency; signal-to-noise ratio; wireless network; Algorithm design and analysis; Frequency synchronization; Missiles; Performance analysis; Radar tracking; Scheduling algorithm; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Transmitters; Wireless sensor networks; MAC protocol; Wireless sensor networks; active sensor; ballistic missile defense; scheduling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 2006. ACSSC '06. Fortieth Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0784-2

Electronic_ISBN

1058-6393

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.2006.354842

Filename

4176652