On the Parameter Estimation over Fading Channels with TBMA Wireless Sensor Networks

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Gao ◽  
Cihan Tepedelenlioglu
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Fading Channels ◽  
Wireless Sensor

Energy-Efficient Technique for Monitoring of Agricultural Areas with Terrestrial Wireless Sensor Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (09) ◽  
pp. 2050141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammed Enes Bayrakdar
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Fading Channels ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Efficient Manner

In this paper, a monitoring technique based on the wireless sensor network is investigated. The sensor nodes used for monitoring are developed in a simulation environment. Accordingly, the structure and workflow of wireless sensor network nodes are designed. Time-division multiple access (TDMA) protocol has been chosen as the medium access technique to ensure that the designed technique operates in an energy-efficient manner and packet collisions are not experienced. Fading channels, i.e., no interference, Ricean and Rayleigh, are taken into consideration. Energy consumption is decreased with the help of ad-hoc communication of sensor nodes. Throughput performance for different wireless fading channels and energy consumption are evaluated. The simulation results show that the sensor network can quickly collect medium information and transmit data to the processing center in real time. Besides, the proposed technique suggests the usefulness of wireless sensor networks in the terrestrial areas.

scholarly journals Distributed parameter estimation in wireless sensor networks in the presence of fading channels and unknown noise variance

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 155014771880330
Author(s):  
Shoujun Liu ◽  
Kezhong Liu ◽  
Jie Ma ◽  
Wei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Fading Channels ◽  
Expectation Maximization ◽  
Multiple Access ◽  
Expectation Maximization Algorithm ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Fusion Center ◽  
Noise Variance ◽  
Access Scheme

Parameter estimation is one of the most important research areas in wireless sensor networks. In this study, we consider the problem of estimating a deterministic parameter over fading channels with unknown noise variance. Owing to the bandwidth constraints in wireless sensor networks, sensor observations are quantized and subsequently transmitted to the fusion center. Two types of communication channels are considered, namely, parallel-access channels and multiple-access channels. Based on the knowledge of channel statistics, the power of the received signals at the fusion center can be described by the mode of the exponential mixture distribution. The expectation maximization algorithm is used to determine maximum likelihood solutions for this mixture model. A new estimator based on the expectation maximization algorithm is subsequently proposed. Simulation results show that this estimator exhibits superior performance compared to the method of moments estimator in both parallel- and multiple-access schemes. In addition, we determine that the parallel-access scheme outperforms the multiple-access scheme when the noise variance is small and it loses its superiority when the noise variance is large.

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