Mathematical Foundations of Active Sensing in Sensor Networks

Abstract

This proposal will develop the mathematical foundations of distributed active sensing in a way that is consistent with the physics of scattering. We will emphasize scheduling of sensor transmissions to minimize communications overhead and maximize energy efficiency. We will capture the fundamental tradeoff between rate and reliability that results from individual sensors either independently probing a large number of surveillance cells, or cooperating to probe a smaller number of surveillance cells more precisely. Our aim is to connect topology of the sensor network with achievable points on the rate-reliability tradeoff curve across the spatial domain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 2009
Accession Number
ADA514099

Entities

People

  • Arthur R. Calderbank

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Compressed Sensing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Information Theory
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mimo Radar
  • Modal Analysis
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Scattering
  • Sensor Networks
  • Signal Processing

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Regression Analysis.