Abstract
How to allocate computing and communication resources in a way that maximizes the effectiveness of control and signal processing, has been an important area of research. The characteristic of a multi-hop Real-Time Wireless Sensor Network raises new challenges. First, the constraints are more complicated and a new solution method is needed. Second, a distributed solution is needed to achieve scalability. This article presents solutions to both of the new challenges. The first solution to the optimal rate allocation is a centralized solution that can handle the more general form of constraints as compared with prior research. The second solution is a distributed version for large sensor networks using a pricing scheme. It is capable of incremental adjustment when utility functions change. This article also presents a new sensor device/network backbone architecture-Real-time Independent CHannels (RICH), which can easily realize multi-hop real-time wireless sensor networking.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 263-295 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2006 |
Keywords
- Distributed algorithms
- Optimization
- Pricing
- Real-time wireless sensor network
- Sensor network
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications