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A Theory for Maximizing the Lifetime of Sensor NetworksJoseph C. Dagher, Michael W. Marcellin, and

Mark A. Neifeld. The University of Arizona.

IEEE Transactions on Communications, VOL. 55, NO. 2, February 2007.

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Outline

Introduction Problem Statement An Optimal Algorithm Experimental Results Conclusion

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Introduction

Maximize the lifetime of sensor networks The limited energy and bandwidth resources in wireless sensor networks

In a unicast network routing model, Chang and Tassiulas [18] considered the problem of maximizing the network lifetime, Chang defined to be the time until the first node runs out of battery power. In fact, the authors in [18] were the first to treat this problem as a linear programming (L

P) problem. [18] J. H. Chang and L. Tassiulas, “Routing for maximum system lifetime in wireless ad h

oc networks,” in Proc. 37th Annu. Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, Comput., Sep. 1999, CD-ROM.

The lifetime of the network is equal to the lifetime of that “weak” sensor. “weak” sensor : a sensor that has a much higher energy consumption per bit, as compare

d with the rest of the sensors There exist multiple solutions that will yield the same network lifetime. However, each of t

hose solutions will result in different lifetimes for the remaining sensors. In this paper, we consider the problem of maximizing the lifetime of a unicast netw

ork Develop a theory and a corresponding algorithm that maximize the n-th minimum sensor l

ifetime in the network, subject to the (n-1)th minimum lifetime being maximum,… ,subject to the minimum lifetime being maximum, n is an arbitrary positive integer less than or equal to the total number of sensors in the network. The choice of n depends on the application of interest.

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Problem Statement

Network model N sensors are deployed some distance away from a central Base Station

(BS). BS is a unique receiver.

Bi : the remaining energy (in Joules) of the i-th sensor prior to a transmission event.

Xi,j : the number of bits that will be routed from sensor i to sensor j . Xi,0 : the number of bits that will be directly transmitted from sensor I to the base

station. Xi,i : the initial load Xi,i (bits) that sensor i needs to transmit to the base station via

some route. ti,j : the communication cost for sensor i to transmit one bit to sensor j rj,i : the communication cost for sensor i to receive one bit from sensor j αi : the lifetime of sensor i data is acquired at a fixed rate

e.g., images acquired at a fixed coding rate

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Problem Statement

The communication cost (in Joules/bit) along a given path depends on the path loss of the channel the length of the path the cost of processing a bit the cost of receiver electronics

Different sensors could have different transmission capabilities, depending on their communication costs. ti,j , rj,i…

Assume that the operation of every sensor is equally important to the network. It would be desirable to maximize the lifetime of every sensor in t

his network. However, this is not always possible to achieve, because the lifeti

me functions are not independent of one another.

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Problem Statement

The total amount of energy spent by a given sensor for a given transmission event

The lifetime of sensor will be a function of the data transmission strategy

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Problem Statement

Definition: Define C to be the constraint set. That is, X C if the elements of X are nonnegative and satisfy (5).

“conservation of load” constraint At every sensor node i, the total transmitted load equals the sum o

f sensor i’s initial load and the total load received from other sensors.

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Problem Statement MultiObjective (MO) optimization problem in which t

he objectives are the respective sensor lifetimes. One notion of optimality is that of Pareto-optimal (P

O) solutions here. A vector x* C is said to be PO if it is not possible t

o improve one objective without making at least one other objective worse.

Definition: A vector x* C is said to be PO if there exists no x’ C such that αi(x’) ≥αi(x*) i=1,…,N , with at least one strict inequality.

Definition: Let P be the subset of solutions in C that are PO.

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柏拉圖最佳解 (Pareto-optimal solution) 在多目標最佳化 (multi-objective optimization) 問題中，

我們所要找的最佳解並不 是所有子目標的最佳解，而是所謂的「 Pareto 最佳解 (Pareto-optimal solution) 。

如果要在現有的設計點上要改進其中的某一個子目標(sub-objective) ，勢必要在其他子目標上有所犧牲，而現有的設計點在某種意義上，卻是一個最佳解，即稱為 『 Pareto 最佳解』。

很顯然的， Pareto 最佳解不只一個，事實上在一般多目標最佳化問題中， Pareto 最佳解常是連續的而有無限多個。

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Problem Statement

In this paper, we want to find the PO solution that maximizes the n-th minimum lifetime s.t. the (n-1)th minimum lifetime is maximized,…, s.t. the second minimum lifetime is maximized, s.t. the minimum lifetime is maximum, n is any integer between 1 and N The desired solution is the solution that maximizes the “

n-th conditional lifetime”

{αi(x)} : the k-th minimum lifetime among {αi(x)} i = 1,…,Nmink

i

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N=2 sensors with equal initial batteries B1=B2=1J, and with initial loads x1,1= 103 bits, x2,2=102 bits. The transmit costs chosen here are t1,0=210-3, t2,0=710-4

(J/bit), and t1,2=t2,1=0 (no intersensor communication cost). The cost of receiving data is also chosen to be zero here.

It is impossible here to simultaneously maximize the lifetimes of both sensors.

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An Optimal Algorithm

Theorem 1: If x P s.t. α1(x) = α2(x) = … = αN(x) = α, then x maximizes the N-th conditional lifetime.

If there exists a PO solution in the constraint set that makes all lifetimes equal, then this solution maximizes the N-th conditional lifetime. Two curves cross; or equivalently, when both lifetimes are equal.

Unfortunately, we are not always guaranteed to find P a solution in that equalizes all lifetimes. If the solution does not exist, the algorithm then proceeds in an it

erative fashion. The algorithm eventually attains the desired objective of maximizi

ng the n-th conditional lifetime. The number of steps required for convergence is upper bounded

by n.

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An Optimal Algorithm

The algorithm finds the maximum value to which all lifetimes can be set equal in the first iteration.

Let be a solution that makes all lifetimes equal to a maximum value α(1)

If α(1) is not PO, We find the maximum value α(2) to which we can set equal all lifeti

mes of those sensors not in E(1). If α(2) is not PO,

…... Iterate the same steps until we find the first P, where n i

s the iteration index. Xe, te, and re denote the “extended version” of vectors x, t, and

r, respectively.

xe)1(

xn

e

)(

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Algorithm

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An Optimal Algorithm

Remarks about the algorithm : The maximum number of iterations required to fin

d the solution is N. N is the number of sensors in the network. N is not a tight upper bound.

The algorithm is guaranteed to find a PO solution. Depending on the application of interest, we can s

top the algorithm at any iteration m and then obtain a solution that maximizes the m-th conditional lifetime.

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• Step 3 of (7) determines whether a given solution X(n)e is PO.

• Check each sensor k to determine if it is possible to find a better lifetime X’e.• Each k in (8) can be tested with one LP instance.

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Experimental Results

N sensors are deployed randomly in 100m 100 m square area.

The location of the Base Station(BS) is also random within this square.

We only account for communication costs and neglect all processing costs.

di,j : the distance (in meters) between node i and node j.

The cost for transmitting one bit along a path of length :

The cost of receiving a bit :

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Assume all sensors possess the same initial energy of Bi = 1J.

Using (4), we get the sensor lifetimes:α1=64.74, α2=64.74, α3=64.74, and α

4=64.74. In this case, the final result was obtained with just one iteration.

21We get the sensor lifetimes:α1=95.33, α2=95.33, α3=95.33, and α4=505.25. In this case, the final result was obtained with four iterations of our algorithm.

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Experimental Results

An interesting question : How often does our algorithm perform better than methods that o

nly aim at maximizing the minimum lifetime? Compare with an algorithm from the literature. Chang and

Tassiulas [19] [19] J. H. Chang and L. Tassiulas, “Maximum lifetime routing in w

ireless sensor networks,” IEEE Trans. on Networking, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 609–619, Aug. 2004.

Compute and compare the percentage gain in the n-th minimum lifetime αi and α’I are the lifetimes for sensor i , obtained using our

algorithm and the algorithm of [19].

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n = 1. On average, g1:4=0.5%. Our algorithm is able to attain higher first minimum lifetimes than the LP algorithm described in [19].

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n = 2. The probability of obtaining a gain in the second minimum lifetime in the interval [10%–20%) is about 0.05. On average, the expected gain in the second minimum lifetime due to our algorithm is around 7.9%.

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n = 3. The probability of obtaining a gain in the third minimum lifetime in the interval [10%–20%) lifetime is about 0.07. The expected gain in the third minimum lifetime is 10.75%.

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Table I. N=4, the high value of average percentage gain for the fourth minimum lifetime.

28pgN : the rate at which our algorithm succeeds in finding a larger value for any of the th minimum lifetimes.

The probability of obtaining a gain in any of the lifetimes for seven sensors is around 0.57.

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Conclusion

Developed a theory and algorithm for maximizing the lifetimes of unicast multihop wireless sensor networks.

Presented the optimal solution in the form of an iterative algorithm.

Future work The implementation of a distributed algorithm to a

chieve the desired solution. The formulation could be extended to allow senso

r loads (rates) to become dynamic.

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