A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network

Energy consumption is one of the most critical issues in wireless sensor network (WSN). For a sensor device, transmission of data is considered as the most energy consuming task, and it mostly depends on the size of the data. Fortunately, data compression can be used to minimise the transmitted data...

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Main Authors: Tuama, Ammar Yaseen, Mohamed, Mohamad Afendee, Muhammed, Abdullah, Mohd Hanapi, Zurina
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Language:English
Published: Inderscience Enterprises 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60673/
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author Tuama, Ammar Yaseen
Mohamed, Mohamad Afendee
Muhammed, Abdullah
Mohd Hanapi, Zurina
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Mohamed, Mohamad Afendee
Muhammed, Abdullah
Mohd Hanapi, Zurina
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description Energy consumption is one of the most critical issues in wireless sensor network (WSN). For a sensor device, transmission of data is considered as the most energy consuming task, and it mostly depends on the size of the data. Fortunately, data compression can be used to minimise the transmitted data size and thus extend sensor's lifetime. In this paper, we propose a new lossless compression algorithm that can handle small data communication in WSNs. Using compression ratio, memory usage, number of instructions and execution speed as a comparison parameters, the proposed algorithm is measured against a set of existing algorithms. Two different datasets have been used for this purpose; namely, self-generated dataset and real sensor dataset from Harvard Sensor Library. As a result, the proposed algorithm not only outclasses other existing algorithms but most importantly produces positive compression ratio throughout the whole test where most existing algorithms experience an expansion in data size when dealing with very small data.
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spelling upm-606732020-05-11T02:31:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60673/ A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network Tuama, Ammar Yaseen Mohamed, Mohamad Afendee Muhammed, Abdullah Mohd Hanapi, Zurina Energy consumption is one of the most critical issues in wireless sensor network (WSN). For a sensor device, transmission of data is considered as the most energy consuming task, and it mostly depends on the size of the data. Fortunately, data compression can be used to minimise the transmitted data size and thus extend sensor's lifetime. In this paper, we propose a new lossless compression algorithm that can handle small data communication in WSNs. Using compression ratio, memory usage, number of instructions and execution speed as a comparison parameters, the proposed algorithm is measured against a set of existing algorithms. Two different datasets have been used for this purpose; namely, self-generated dataset and real sensor dataset from Harvard Sensor Library. As a result, the proposed algorithm not only outclasses other existing algorithms but most importantly produces positive compression ratio throughout the whole test where most existing algorithms experience an expansion in data size when dealing with very small data. Inderscience Enterprises 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60673/1/A%20new%20compression%20algorithm%20for%20small%20data%20communication%20in%20wireless%20sensor%20network.pdf Tuama, Ammar Yaseen and Mohamed, Mohamad Afendee and Muhammed, Abdullah and Mohd Hanapi, Zurina (2017) A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network. International Journal of Sensor Networks, 25 (3). pp. 163-175. ISSN 1748-1279; ESSN: 1748-1287 https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=87712 10.1504/IJSNET.2017.087712
spellingShingle Tuama, Ammar Yaseen
Mohamed, Mohamad Afendee
Muhammed, Abdullah
Mohd Hanapi, Zurina
A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network
title A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network
title_full A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network
title_fullStr A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network
title_full_unstemmed A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network
title_short A new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network
title_sort new compression algorithm for small data communication in wireless sensor network
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