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Distributed progressive algorithm for maximizing lifetime vector in wireless sensor networks

Liang Zhang, Shigang Chen, Ying Jian, Yuguang Fang

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

Abstract

Maximizing the operational lifetime of a sensor network is a critical problem in practice. Many prior works define the network's lifetime as the time before the first sensor in the network runs out of energy. However, when one sensor dies, the rest of the network can still work, as long as useful data generated by other sensors can reach the sink. More appropriately, we should maximize the lifetime vector of the network, consisting of the lifetimes of all sensors, sorted in ascending order. For this problem, there exists only a centralized algorithm that solves a series of linear programming problems with high-order complexities. This paper proposes a fully distributed progressive algorithm which iteratively produces a series of lifetime vectors, each better than the previous one. Instead of giving the optimal result in one shot after lengthy computation, the proposed distributed algorithm has a result at any time, and the more time spent gives the better result. We show that when the algorithm stabilizes, its result produces the maximum lifetime vector. Furthermore, simulations demonstrate that the algorithm is able to converge rapidly towards the maximum lifetime vector with low overhead. © 2009 IEEE.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE INFOCOM 2009 - The 28th Conference on Computer Communications
Pages2410-2418
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event28th Conference on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2009 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 19 Apr 200925 Apr 2009

Publication series

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

Conference

Conference28th Conference on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2009
PlaceBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period19/04/0925/04/09

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