Distributed Greedy Pursuit Algorithms

For compressed sensing over arbitrarily connected networks, we consider the problem of estimating underlying sparse signals in a distributed manner. We introduce a new signal model that helps to describe inter-signal correlation among connected nodes. Based on this signal model along with a brief survey of existing greedy algorithms, we develop distributed greedy algorithms with low communication overhead. Incorporating appropriate modifications, we design two new distributed algorithms where the local algorithms are based on appropriately modified existing orthogonal matching pursuit and subspace pursuit. Further, by combining advantages of these two local algorithms, we design a new greedy algorithm that is well suited for a distributed scenario. By extensive simulations we demonstrate that the new algorithms in a sparsely connected network provide good performance, close to the performance of a centralized greedy solution.Comment: Submitted to EURASIP Signal Processing Dec. 201

Analysis of Democratic Voting Principles used in Distributed Greedy Algorithms

A key aspect for any greedy pursuit algorithm used in compressed sensing is a good support-set detection method. For distributed compressed sensing, we consider a setup where many sensors measure sparse signals that are correlated via the existence of a signals' intersection support-set. This intersection support-set is called the joint support-set. Estimation of the joint support-set has a high impact on the performance of a distributed greedy pursuit algorithm. This estimation can be achieved by exchanging local support-set estimates followed by a (consensus) voting method. In this paper we endeavor for a probabilistic analysis of two democratic voting principle that we call majority and consensus voting. In our analysis, we first model the input/output relation of a greedy algorithm (executed locally in a sensor) by a single parameter known as probability of miss. Based on this model, we analyze the voting principles and prove that the democratic voting principle has a merit to detect the joint support-set.Comment: Submitted to Transactions on Signal Processin

Design and Analysis of a Greedy Pursuit for Distributed Compressed Sensing

We consider a distributed compressed sensing scenario where many sensors measure correlated sparse signals and the sensors are connected through a network. Correlation between sparse signals is modeled by a partial common support-set. For such a scenario, the main objective of this paper is to develop a greedy pursuit algorithm. We develop a distributed parallel pursuit (DIPP) algorithm based on exchange of information about estimated support-sets at sensors. The exchange of information helps to improve estimation of the partial common support-set, that in turn helps to gradually improve estimation of support-sets in all sensors, leading to a better quality reconstruction performance. We provide restricted isometry property (RIP) based theoretical analysis on the algorithm's convergence and reconstruction performance. Under certain theoretical requirements on the quality of information exchange over network and RIP parameters of sensor nodes, we show that the DIPP algorithm converges to a performance level that depends on a scaled additive measurement noise power (convergence in theory) where the scaling coefficient is a function of RIP parameters and information processing quality parameters. Using simulations, we show practical reconstruction performance of DIPP vis-a-vis amount of undersampling, signal-to-measurement-noise ratios and network-connectivity conditions.Comment: Sent to IEEE Transaction on Signal Processin