On distributed fault-tolerant detection in wireless sensor networks

X. Luo, M. Dong, Y. Huang
2006 IEEE transactions on computers  
In this paper, we consider two important problems for distributed fault-tolerant detection in wireless sensor networks: 1) how to address both the noise-related measurement error and sensor fault simultaneously in fault-tolerant detection and 2) how to choose a proper neighborhood size n for a sensor node in fault correction such that the energy could be conserved. We propose a fault-tolerant detection scheme that explicitly introduces the sensor fault probability into the optimal event
more » ... n process. We mathematically show that the optimal detection error decreases exponentially with the increase of the neighborhood size. Experiments with both Bayesian and Neyman-Pearson approaches in simulated sensor networks demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is able to achieve better detection and better balance between detection accuracy and energy usage. Our work makes it possible to perform energyefficient fault-tolerant detection in a wireless sensor network.
doi:10.1109/tc.2006.13 fatcat:rgiesx7yarhljgibzhdilr5wmm