On augmented OBDD and performability for sensor networks

The expected hop count (EHC) or performability of a wireless sensor network (WSN) with probabilistic node failures provides the expected number of operational nodes a message traverses from a set of sensors to reach its target station. This paper proposes a novel approach for computing the EHC of a...

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Main Authors: Herrmann, Johannes, Soh, Sieteng, Rai, S., West, Geoffrey
Format: Journal Article
Published: RAMS Consultants 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26257
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Soh, Sieteng
Rai, S.
West, Geoffrey
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Rai, S.
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description The expected hop count (EHC) or performability of a wireless sensor network (WSN) with probabilistic node failures provides the expected number of operational nodes a message traverses from a set of sensors to reach its target station. This paper proposes a novel approach for computing the EHC of a practical communication model for WSN, k-of-all-sources to any-terminal (k-of-S,t). Techniques based on factoring and Boolean techniques solve the EHC when k=1 for |S| greater than/equal to 1 However, they fail to scale with large WSN and are not useful for computing the EHC with k>1. To overcome these problems, we propose an Augmented Ordered Binary Decision Diagram (OBDD-A) approach, which obtains the EHC for all cases of (k-of-S,t). We use randomly generated wireless networks and grid networks having up to 4.6x1020 (s,t)-minpaths to generate results. Results show that OBDD-A can obtain the EHC for networks that are unsolvable with existing approaches.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-262572017-01-30T12:52:33Z On augmented OBDD and performability for sensor networks Herrmann, Johannes Soh, Sieteng Rai, S. West, Geoffrey network reliability expected hop count many-to-one communication sensor network Binary decision diagram The expected hop count (EHC) or performability of a wireless sensor network (WSN) with probabilistic node failures provides the expected number of operational nodes a message traverses from a set of sensors to reach its target station. This paper proposes a novel approach for computing the EHC of a practical communication model for WSN, k-of-all-sources to any-terminal (k-of-S,t). Techniques based on factoring and Boolean techniques solve the EHC when k=1 for |S| greater than/equal to 1 However, they fail to scale with large WSN and are not useful for computing the EHC with k>1. To overcome these problems, we propose an Augmented Ordered Binary Decision Diagram (OBDD-A) approach, which obtains the EHC for all cases of (k-of-S,t). We use randomly generated wireless networks and grid networks having up to 4.6x1020 (s,t)-minpaths to generate results. Results show that OBDD-A can obtain the EHC for networks that are unsolvable with existing approaches. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26257 RAMS Consultants fulltext
spellingShingle network reliability
expected hop count
many-to-one communication
sensor network
Binary decision diagram
Herrmann, Johannes
Soh, Sieteng
Rai, S.
West, Geoffrey
On augmented OBDD and performability for sensor networks
title On augmented OBDD and performability for sensor networks
title_full On augmented OBDD and performability for sensor networks
title_fullStr On augmented OBDD and performability for sensor networks
title_full_unstemmed On augmented OBDD and performability for sensor networks
title_short On augmented OBDD and performability for sensor networks
title_sort on augmented obdd and performability for sensor networks
topic network reliability
expected hop count
many-to-one communication
sensor network
Binary decision diagram
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26257