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Gossip algorithms for average energy estimation in wireless sensor networks

  • School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Gossip algorithms which belong to a kind of distributed algorithms can be used to compute the (possibly weighted) average of the initial measurements of the nodes at every node in the network. This paper proposes an improved broadcast gossip algorithm to estimate average energy with better accuracy. In this proposed algorithm, we use some companion variables to save the sum, and convergence error is decreasing with the number of companion variables increasing. Convergence of the proposed algorithm is studied theoretically and verified by simulations. Although the estimated value is random, we show that the novel algorithm can converge closer to average than broadcast gossip algorithm in probability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Decisions in Area of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Manufacturing
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages908-912
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9783038351559
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Control, and Electronic Information, ICMCEI 2014 - , Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 27 Jun 201429 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume577
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Control, and Electronic Information, ICMCEI 2014
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
Period27/06/1429/06/14

Keywords

  • Broadcast
  • Distributed averaging
  • Gossip algorithms
  • Sensor networks

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