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Power control in wireless sensor networks based on robust optimization

QIAO Junfeng1,2;LIU Sanyang1;QI Xiaogang1   

  1. (1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China;
    2. School of Mathematics and Science, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Nanyang  473004, China)
  • Received:2015-07-28 Online:2016-10-20 Published:2016-12-02
  • Contact: QIAO Junfeng1 E-mail:jfqiao@mail.xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

Topology control is a critical issue for energy efficient wireless sensor networks. Distance between sensors plays an important role in the problem of topology control in that it directly determines the accuracy of the node position. However, distance is generally affected by uncertain external factors, such as measurement error and actual interference. The actual performance of a topology control strategy can be severely influenced by distance uncertainty. Based on the robust discrete optimization theory and methodology, a power control algorithm is proposed to deal with distance uncertainty. First, related works on robust optimization is introduced. Then the problem of power control is formulated as a robust minimum spanning tree model under distance uncertainty, which is solved by Prim's algorithm. In computational experiments, the influence of the adjusting parameter on network performance is studied. Simulation results show that a robust solution can provide an improvement when the distance is uncertain at the expense of the less optimal value compared with a deterministic solution.

Key words: wireless sensor networks, power control, robust optimization, minimum spanning tree