Detection of Gaussian signals via hexagonal sensor networks

DOI10.1504/IJMMNO.2009.030086MaRDI QIDQ2655886zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paolo Frasca, Paolo Mason, B. Piccoli

Publication date 26 January 2010

Published in International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimisation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2446

zbMATH Keywords

consensusdistributed computationdistributed decision makingfire detectionGaussian signalhexagonal tessellationnetwork optimisationsensor network

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Signal theory (characterization, reconstruction, filtering, etc.) (94A12)

Abstract: This paper considers a special case of the problem of identifying a static scalar signal, depending on the location, using a planar network of sensors in a distributed fashion. Motivated by the application to monitoring wild-fires spreading and pollutants dispersion, we assume the signal to be Gaussian in space. Using a network of sensors positioned to form a regular hexagonal tessellation, we prove that each node can estimate the parameters of the Gaussian from local measurements. Moreover, we study the sensitivity of these estimates to additive errors affecting the measurements. Finally, we show how a consensus algorithm can be designed to fuse the local estimates into a shared global estimate, effectively compensating the measurement errors.

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Summary: This paper considers a special case of the problem of identifying a static scalar signal, depending on the location, using a planar network of sensors in a distributed fashion. Motivated by the application to monitoring wild fire spreading and pollutants dispersion, we assume the signal to be Gaussian in space. Using a network of sensors positioned to form a regular hexagonal tessellation, we prove that each node can estimate the parameters of the Gaussian from local measurements. Moreover, we study the sensitivity of these estimates to additive errors affecting the measurements. Finally, we show how a consensus algorithm can be designed to fuse the local estimates into a shared global estimate, effectively compensating the measurement errors.

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