130 research outputs found
The Beauty of the Commons: Optimal Load Sharing by Base Station Hopping in Wireless Sensor Networks
In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the base station (BS) is a critical
sensor node whose failure causes severe data losses. Deploying multiple fixed
BSs improves the robustness, yet requires all BSs to be installed with large
batteries and large energy-harvesting devices due to the high energy
consumption of BSs. In this paper, we propose a scheme to coordinate the
multiple deployed BSs such that the energy supplies required by individual BSs
can be substantially reduced. In this scheme, only one BS is selected to be
active at a time and the other BSs act as regular sensor nodes. We first
present the basic architecture of our system, including how we keep the network
running with only one active BS and how we manage the handover of the role of
the active BS. Then, we propose an algorithm for adaptively selecting the
active BS under the spatial and temporal variations of energy resources. This
algorithm is simple to implement but is also asymptotically optimal under mild
conditions. Finally, by running simulations and real experiments on an outdoor
testbed, we verify that the proposed scheme is energy-efficient, has low
communication overhead and reacts rapidly to network changes
Fast-Convergent Learning-aided Control in Energy Harvesting Networks
In this paper, we present a novel learning-aided energy management scheme
() for multihop energy harvesting networks. Different from prior
works on this problem, our algorithm explicitly incorporates information
learning into system control via a step called \emph{perturbed dual learning}.
does not require any statistical information of the system
dynamics for implementation, and efficiently resolves the challenging energy
outage problem. We show that achieves the near-optimal
utility-delay tradeoff with an
energy buffers (). More interestingly,
possesses a \emph{convergence time} of , which is much faster than the time of
pure queue-based techniques or the time of approaches
that rely purely on learning the system statistics. This fast convergence
property makes more adaptive and efficient in resource
allocation in dynamic environments. The design and analysis of
demonstrate how system control algorithms can be augmented by learning and what
the benefits are. The methodology and algorithm can also be applied to similar
problems, e.g., processing networks, where nodes require nonzero amount of
contents to support their actions
Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications: A Review of Recent Advances
This article summarizes recent contributions in the broad area of energy
harvesting wireless communications. In particular, we provide the current state
of the art for wireless networks composed of energy harvesting nodes, starting
from the information-theoretic performance limits to transmission scheduling
policies and resource allocation, medium access and networking issues. The
emerging related area of energy transfer for self-sustaining energy harvesting
wireless networks is considered in detail covering both energy cooperation
aspects and simultaneous energy and information transfer. Various potential
models with energy harvesting nodes at different network scales are reviewed as
well as models for energy consumption at the nodes.Comment: To appear in the IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications
(Special Issue: Wireless Communications Powered by Energy Harvesting and
Wireless Energy Transfer
Optimal Adaptive Random Multiaccess in Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless sensors can integrate rechargeable batteries and energy-harvesting
(EH) devices to enable long-term, autonomous operation, thus requiring
intelligent energy management to limit the adverse impact of energy outages.
This work considers a network of EH wireless sensors, which report packets with
a random utility value to a fusion center (FC) over a shared wireless channel.
Decentralized access schemes are designed, where each node performs a local
decision to transmit/discard a packet, based on an estimate of the packet's
utility, its own energy level, and the scenario state of the EH process, with
the objective to maximize the average long-term aggregate utility of the
packets received at the FC. Due to the non-convex structure of the problem, an
approximate optimization is developed by resorting to a mathematical artifice
based on a game theoretic formulation of the multiaccess scheme, where the
nodes do not behave strategically, but rather attempt to maximize a
\emph{common} network utility with respect to their own policy. The symmetric
Nash equilibrium (SNE) is characterized, where all nodes employ the same
policy; its uniqueness is proved, and it is shown to be a local maximum of the
original problem. An algorithm to compute the SNE is presented, and a heuristic
scheme is proposed, which is optimal for large battery capacity. It is shown
numerically that the SNE typically achieves near-optimal performance, within 3%
of the optimal policy, at a fraction of the complexity, and two operational
regimes of EH-networks are identified and analyzed: an energy-limited scenario,
where energy is scarce and the channel is under-utilized, and a network-limited
scenario, where energy is abundant and the shared wireless channel represents
the bottleneck of the system.Comment: IEEE Transactions on Communication
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