Energy efficient target tracking algorithm using cooperative sensors  

作　　者：Chun Zhang Shumin Fei 

机构地区：[1]School of Automation,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096,P.R.China [2]Key Laboratory of Measurement and Control of Complex Systems of Engineering,Ministry of Education,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096,P.R.China

出　　处：《Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics》2012年第5期640-648,共9页系统工程与电子技术（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60835001)

摘　　要：Target tracking is one of the applications of wireless sensor networks（WSNs）.It is assumed that each sensor has a limited range for detecting the presence of the object,and the network is sufficiently dense so that the sensors can cover the area of interest.Due to the limited battery resources of sensors,there is a tradeoff between the energy consumption and tracking accuracy.To solve this problem,this paper proposes an energy efficient tracking algorithm.Based on the cooperation of dispatchers,sensors in the area are scheduled to switch their working mode to track the target.Since energy consumed in active mode is higher than that in monitoring or sleeping mode,for each sampling interval,a minimum set of sensors is woken up based on the select mechanism.Meanwhile,other sensors keep in sleeping mode.Performance analysis and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm provides a better performance than other existing approaches.Target tracking is one of the applications of wireless sensor networks（WSNs）.It is assumed that each sensor has a limited range for detecting the presence of the object,and the network is sufficiently dense so that the sensors can cover the area of interest.Due to the limited battery resources of sensors,there is a tradeoff between the energy consumption and tracking accuracy.To solve this problem,this paper proposes an energy efficient tracking algorithm.Based on the cooperation of dispatchers,sensors in the area are scheduled to switch their working mode to track the target.Since energy consumed in active mode is higher than that in monitoring or sleeping mode,for each sampling interval,a minimum set of sensors is woken up based on the select mechanism.Meanwhile,other sensors keep in sleeping mode.Performance analysis and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm provides a better performance than other existing approaches.

关 键 词：target tracking wireless sensor network energy consumption tracking accuracy 

分 类 号：TP212.9[自动化与计算机技术—检测技术与自动化装置] TN929.5[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]