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VIGILANT+: mission objective interest groups for wireless sensor network surveillance applications

Mitchell, JE; Ghataoura, DS; Matich, GE; (2011) VIGILANT+: mission objective interest groups for wireless sensor network surveillance applications. IET Wireless Sensor Systems , 1 (4) 229 - 240. 10.1049/iet-wss.2011.0045. Green open access

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Abstract

A system termed VIGILANT+ is outlined, which utilises situation awareness for the purposes of enabling distributed, autonomic, sensor management, so that savings on consumption of network resources can be achieved. VIGILANT+ is a novel proposition allowing deployed, unattended, wireless sensor nodes to self-organise into dynamic groups and self-manage their transmissions efficiently, according to a current common mission objective. First, a distributed situation assessment system named PORTENT model detects and characterises potential situations occurring within an uncertain environment, using the metric, quality of surveillance information. Secondly, a Bayesian belief network is utilised to understand and analyse the significance associated with the potential situation, primarily to enable deployed sensors to self-organise and assign themselves to mission objectives autonomously. Thirdly, a system is introduced for distributed autonomic transmission control, which enables the efficient management of sensor network resource consumption. Simulations have been undertaken to verify the integrated VIGILANT+ concepts and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in improving network efficiency, without compromising the presentation of mission surveillance utility.

Type: Article
Title: VIGILANT+: mission objective interest groups for wireless sensor network surveillance applications
Location: UK
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1049/iet-wss.2011.0045
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-wss.2011.0045
Language: English
Additional information: This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in IET Wireless Sensor Systems and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at IET Digital Library
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1361416
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