Sensing the channel: Sensor networks with shared sensing and communications

Satish Vedantam, Urbashi Mitra, Ashutosh Sabharwal

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Abstract

A new class of abstract sensor networks is introduced and analyzed. The object of the sensing is the inter-node channel. Examples of systems which seek to sense the channel include: underwater sonar, radar and optics based atmospheric sensor networks. In these networks, the sensing and communication tasks share the bandwidth resource in addition to the sharing of power resources as has been conventionally studied in the sensor network framework. Bounds on distortion tradeoffs are developed for various protocols, such as source coding analogues of decode-and-forward and amplify-and-forward and simple topologies such as two-hop networks (three node system).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, IPSN '06
Pages260-267
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventFifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, IPSN '06 - Nashville, TN, United States
Duration: Apr 19 2006Apr 21 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, IPSN '06
Volume2006

Conference

ConferenceFifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, IPSN '06
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNashville, TN
Period4/19/064/21/06

Keywords

  • Channel sensing
  • Joint communication and sensing
  • MMSE
  • Multihop channels
  • Rate distortion theory
  • Sensor networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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