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Redundancy Analysis and a Distributed Self-Organization Protocol for Fault-Tolerant Wireless Sensor Networks∗

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  • Yi Zou

    (Unitrends Software Corp., Columbia, SC, USA)

  • Krishnendu Chakrabarty

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)

Abstract

Sensor nodes in a distributed sensor network can fail due to a variety of reasons, e.g., harsh environmental conditions, sabotage, battery failure, and component wear-out. Since many wireless sensor networks are intended to operate in an unattended manner after deployment, failing nodes cannot be replaced or repaired during field operation. Therefore, by designing the network to be fault-tolerant, we can ensure that a wireless sensor network can perform its surveillance and tracking tasks even when some nodes in the network fail. In this paper, we describe a fault-tolerant self-organization scheme that designates a set of backup nodes to replace failed nodes and maintain a backbone for coverage and communication. The proposed scheme does not require a centralized server for monitoring node failures and for designating backup nodes to replace failed nodes. It operates in a fully distributed manner and it requires only localized communication. This scheme has been implemented on top of an energy-efficient self-organization technique for sensor networks. The proposed fault-tolerance-node selection procedure can tolerate a large number of node failures using only localized communication, without losing either sensing coverage or communication connectivity.

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  • Yi Zou & Krishnendu Chakrabarty, 2007. "Redundancy Analysis and a Distributed Self-Organization Protocol for Fault-Tolerant Wireless Sensor Networks∗," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, , vol. 3(3), pages 243-272, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:intdis:v:3:y:2007:i:3:p:243-272
    DOI: 10.1080/15501320600781078
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