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- Title
An Energy Efficient Synchronization Protocol for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Array Networks.
- Authors
Shen, Jie; Yin, Ming; Luo, Ji-An; Wang, Zhi-Bo; Wang, Zhi; Li, Zhen-Hui
- Abstract
Time synchronization is an important middleware function that supports the Quality of Service (QoS) of systems in wireless sensor array networks. Instead of providing high synchronization accuracy for all application scenarios, we argue that synchronization protocols should be application specific. In this paper, we exploit the synchronization requirements of target-tracking systems in wireless sensor array networks and propose an energy-efficient Sensor Array Synchronization Protocol (SASP), which provides the required synchronization accuracy to guarantee the QoS. Specifically, when no target appears, to guarantee system lifetime, coarse synchronization is achieved with little overhead by piggybacking time information onto periodical network maintenance packets. Once targets appear, SASP achieves high inter-array and relatively higher intra-array synchronization accuracy rather than the traditional network-wide high accuracy on average. In this way, it guarantees reliable communication and accurate data fusion, while reducing energy consumption. Theoretical analysis and extensive evaluations show the effectiveness of the proposed protocol.
- Subjects
ENERGY consumption; SYNCHRONIZATION; WIRELESS sensor networks; TRACKING algorithms; QUALITY of service
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2019, Vol 19, Issue 6, p1367
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/s19061367