A utility-based sensing and communication model for a glacial sensor network
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Author(s)
Padhy, P
Dash, RK
Martinez, K
Jennings, NR
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
This paper reports on the development of a utility-based mechanism for managing sensing and communication in cooperative multi-sensor networks. The specific application considered is that of GLACSWEB, a deployed system that uses battery-powered sensors to collect environmental data related to glaciers which it transmits back to a base station so that it can be made available world-wide to researchers. In this context, we first develop a sensing protocol in which each sensor locally adjusts its sensing rate based on the value of the data it believes it will observe. Then, we detail a communication protocol that finds optimal routes for relaying this data back to the base station based on the cost of communicating it (derived from the opportunity cost of using the battery power for relaying data). Finally, we empirically evaluate our protocol by examining the impact on efficiency of the network topology, the size of the network, and the degree of dynamism of the environment. In so doing, we demonstrate that the efficiency gains of our new protocol, over the currently implemented method over a 6 month period, are 470%, 250% and 300% respectively.
Date Issued
2006
Citation
Proc. 5th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Hakodate, Japan, 2006, pp.1353-1360
Start Page
1353
End Page
1360
Journal / Book Title
Proc. 5th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Hakodate, Japan
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/262595/
Source
5th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Notes
keywords: Agents and ambient intelligence, agents and novel computing paradigms, Agent-based sensor networks.
Publication Status
Unpublished