We study remote estimation in a wireless sensor network. Instead of using a
conventional battery-powered sensor, a sensor equipped with an energy harvester
which can obtain energy from the external environment is utilized. We formulate
this problem into an infinite time-horizon Markov decision process and provide
the optimal sensor transmission power control strategy. In addition, a
sub-optimal strategy which is easier to implement and requires less computation
is presented. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the implementation
of the sub-optimal policy and evaluation of its estimation performance.Comment: Extended version of article to be published in the Proceedings of the
19th IFAC World Congress, 201