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Iso-contour queries and gradient descent with guaranteed delivery in sensor networks

  • Stony Brook University
  • Stanford University

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Abstract

We study the problem of data-driven routing and navigation in a distributed sensor network over a continuous scalar field. Specifically, we address the problem of searching for the collection of sensors with readings within a specified range. This is named the iso-contour query problem. We develop a gradient based routing scheme such that from any query node, the query message follows the signal field gradient or derived quantities and successfully discovers all iso-contours of interest. Due to the existence of local maxima and minima, the guaranteed delivery requires preprocessing of the signal field and the construction of a contour tree in a distributed fashion. Our approach has the following properties: (i) the gradient routing uses only local node information and its message complexity is close to optimal, as shown by simulations; (ii) the preprocessing message complexity is linear in the number of nodes and the storage requirement for each node is a small constant. The same preprocessing also facilitates route computation between any pair of nodes where the the route lies within any user supplied range of values.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationINFOCOM 2008
Subtitle of host publication27th IEEE Communications Society Conference on Computer Communications
Pages1633-1641
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventINFOCOM 2008: 27th IEEE Communications Society Conference on Computer Communications - Phoenix, AZ, United States
Duration: Apr 13 2008Apr 18 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
ISSN (Print)0743-166X

Conference

ConferenceINFOCOM 2008: 27th IEEE Communications Society Conference on Computer Communications
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhoenix, AZ
Period04/13/0804/18/08

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