• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.105-116
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• 2019

Recently, there has been an increase in research on wireless sensor networks (WSNs) because they are easy to deploy in applications such as internet-of-things (IoT) and body area networks. However, WSNs have constraints in terms of power, quality-of-service (QoS), computation, and others. To overcome the power constraint issues, wireless energy harvesting has been introduced into WSNs, the application of which has been the focus of many studies. Additionally, to improve system performance in terms of achievable rate, cooperative networks are also being explored in WSNs. We present a review on current research in the area of energy harvesting in WSNs, specifically on the application of simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) in a cooperative sensor network. In addition, we discuss possible future extensions of SWIPT and cooperative networks in WSNs.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.169-178
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• 2012

In this paper, we study the advantages of using range extension cooperative transmission (CT) in multi-hop energy harvesting wireless sensor networks (EH-WSNs) from the network layer perspective. EH-WSNs rely on harvested energy, and therefore, if a required service is energy-intensive, the network may not be able to support the service successfully. We show that CT networks that utilize both range extension CT and non-CT routing can successfully support services that cannot be supported by non-CT networks. For a two-hop toy network, we show that range extension CT can provide better services than non-CT. Then, we provide a method of determining the supportable services that can be achieved by using optimal non-CT and CT routing protocols for EH-WSNs. Using our method and network simulations, we justify our claim that CT networks can provide better services than nonCT networks in EH-WSNs.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.231-239
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• 2010

In cluster-based wireless sensor networks, the energy could be saved when the nodes that have data to transmit participate in cooperative multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). In this paper, by making the idle nodes that have no data to transmit participate in the cooperative MIMO, it is found that much more energy could be saved. The number of the idle nodes that participate in the cooperative MIMO is optimized to minimize the total energy consumption. It is also found that the optimal number of all the nodes participating in cooperative communication does not vary with the number of nodes that have data to transmit. The proposition is proved mathematically. The influence of long-haul distance and modulation constellation size on the total energy consumption is investigated. A cooperative MIMO scheme with help-node participation is proposed and the simulation results show that the proposed scheme achieves significant energy saving.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.147-162
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• 2009

In this paper, we propose a Cooperative Transmission Strategy using Entropy-based Relay Selection in Mobile Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Networks(MAWSN) with Rayleigh Fading Environments. The main features and contributions of the proposed cooperative transmission strategy are as follows. First, entropy-based relay selection is used to improve data transmission reliability from a source node to a destination node. Second, we present a theoretical analysis model for the proposed cooperative transmission strategy with the outage probability of the end-to-end performance. The performance of our protocol is evaluated using analysis and simulation.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.671-680
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• 2015

무선 센서 네트워크에서 에너지 효율을 높이기 위해 클러스터링 방법이 제안되었다. 클러스터링 방법은 데이터를 수집하고 전달하는 계층 구조를 형성하고 있다. 그러나 대용량 데이터를 전송하는 무선 멀티미디어 센서 네트워크에서 기존의 무선 센서 네트워크의 클러스터링 기법은 과도한 데이터 전송에너지 소모량과 극도로 짧은 수명으로 인하여 적용하는 데에 어려움이 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 상황에 따른 협력 통신 기법을 적용한 대용량 데이터 전송 방법으로 EEAC를 제안하여 에너지 효율을 높였다. 실험결과 제안방법은 기존의 방법보다 에너지 효율이 약 2.5배 향상되었음을 보였다.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 모바일 ad-hoc 무선 센서 네트워크에서 엔트로피기반 협력도움 라우팅 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안된 라우팅 프로토콜의 주요한 특징 및 기여도는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 노드들의 이동성 관점에서 안정된 경로의 설정을 위해서 엔트로피 기반의 라우팅 경로 설정 방법을 제안 사용한다. 둘째, 향상된 SNR을 가지고 데이터 전달 효율을 효과적으로 증가시키기 위해서 협력도움 데이터 전송 방법을 사용한다. 셋째, 기존의 연구가 주로 고정된 센서 노드들로 구성된 센서필드에서 이루어진 반면에, 본 논문에서는 센서필드에서 고정된 센서 노드들 뿐만 아니라 이동 노드들도 함께 고려한 모바일 Ad-hoc 무선 센서 네트워크(MAWSN) 관점에서 연구가 진행된다. 제안된 라우팅 프로토콜의 성능평가는 시뮬레이션과 이론적인 분석을 통하여 이루어진다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.3823-3840
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• 2017

This paper analyzes the nodes deployment optimization problem in energy constrained wireless sensor networks, which multi-hop cooperative beamforming (CB) based cooperative-multi-input-single-output (CMISO) transmission is adopted to reduce the energy consumption. Firstly, we establish the energy consumption models for multi-hop SISO, multi-hop DSTBC based CMISO, multi-hop CB based CMISO transmissions under random nodes deployment. Then, we minimize the energy consumption by searching the optimal nodes deployment for the three transmissions. Furthermore, numerical results present the optimal nodes deployment parameters for the three transmissions. Energy consumption of the three transmissions are compared under optimal nodes deployment, which shows that CB based CMISO transmission consumes less energy than SISO and DSTBC based CMISO transmissions. Meanwhile, under optimal nodes deployment, the superiorities of CB based CMISO transmission over SISO and DSTBC based CMISO transmissions can be more obvious when path-loss-factor becomes low.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.256-264
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• 2015

Energy harvesting devices have been proposed for sensor networking applications where batteries cannot be replaced, and cooperative communication schemes have been used to increase energy efficiency for wireless systems. Here, we develop transmission scheduling schemes for multi-terminal cooperative energy harvesting networks that maximize the packet delivery ratio, i.e., the probability that an event is reported successfully. We see that the proposed scheme provides virtually the same performance as the state-of-the-art threshold-based scheme, but does not require auxiliary parameter optimization. The proposed scheme also permits extensions to multiple cooperating nodes and sources, and it can be modified to accommodate fairness constraints.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.284-293
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• 2005

A critical issue in applications involving networks of wireless sensors is their ability to synchronize, and mitigate the fading propagation channel effects. Especially when distributed 'slave' sensors (nodes) reach-back to communicate with the 'master' sensor (gateway), low power cooperative schemes are well motivated. Viewing each node as an antenna element in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) multi-antenna system, we design pilot patterns to estimate the multiple carrier frequency offsets (CFO), and the multiple channels corresponding to each node-gateway link. Our novel pilot scheme consists of non-zero pilot symbols along with zeros, which separate nodes in a time division multiple access (TDMA) fashion, and lead to low complexity schemes because CFO and channel estimators per node are decoupled. The resulting training algorithm is not only suitable for wireless sensor networks, but also for synchronization and channel estimation of single- and multi-carrier MIMO systems. We investigate the performance of our estimators analytically, and with simulations.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.473-481
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• 2007

Energy efficiency is one of the most critical concerns for wireless sensor networks. By allowing sensor nodes in close proximity to cooperate in transmission to form a virtual multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO) system, recent progress in wireless MIMO communications can be exploited to boost the system throughput, or equivalently reduce the energy consumption for the same throughput and BER target. However, these cooperative transmission strategies may incur additional energy cost and system overhead. In this paper, assuming that data collectors are equipped with antenna arrays and superior processing capability, energy efficiency of relevant traditional and cooperative transmission strategies: Single-input-multiple-output(SIMO), space-time block coding(STBC), and spatial multiplexing(SM) are studied. Analysis in the wideband regime reveals that, while receive diversity introduces significant improvement in both energy efficiency and spectral efficiency, further improvement due to the transmit diversity of STBC is limited, as opposed to the superiority of the SM scheme especially for non-trivial spectral efficiency. These observations are further confirmed in our analysis of more realistic systems with limited bandwidth, finite constellation sizes, and a target error rate. Based on this analysis, general guidelines are presented for optimal transmission strategy selection in system level and link level, aiming at minimum energy consumption while meeting different requirements. The proposed selection rules, especially those based on system-level metrics, are easy to implement for sensor applications. The framework provided here may also be readily extended to other scenarios or applications.