Collection trees for event-monitoring queries

In this paper we present algorithms for building and maintaining efficient collection trees that provide the conduit to disseminate data required for processing monitoring queries in a wireless sensor network. While prior techniques base their operation on the assumption that the sensor nodes that collect data relevant to a specified query need to include their measurements in the query result at every query epoch, in many event monitoring applications such an assumption is not valid. We introduce and formalize the notion of event monitoring queries and demonstrate that they can capture a large class of monitoring applications. We then show techniques which, using a small set of intuitive statistics, can compute collection trees that minimize important resources such as the number of messages exchanged among the nodes or the overall energy consumption. Our experiments demonstrate that our techniques can organize the data collection process while utilizing significantly lower resources than prior approaches.     

Detecting proximity events in sensor networks

Sensor networks are often used to perform monitoring tasks, such as animal and vehicle tracking, or the surveillance of enemy forces in military applications. In this paper we introduce the concept of proximity queries, which allow us to report interesting events, observed by nodes in the network that lie within a certain distance from each other. An event is triggered when a user-programmable predicate is satisfied on a sensor node. We study the problem of computing proximity queries in sensor networks and propose several alternative techniques that differ in the number of messages exchanged by the nodes and the quality of the returned answers. Our solutions utilize a distributed routing index, maintained by the nodes in the network, that is dynamically updated as new observations are obtained by the nodes. This distributed index allows us to efficiently process multiple proximity queries involving several different event types within a fraction of the cost that a straightforward evaluation requires. We present an extensive experimental study to show the benefits of our techniques under different scenarios using both synthetic and real data sets. Our results demonstrate that our algorithms scale better and require significantly fewer messages compared to a straightforward execution of the queries.     

Multi-constraint multi-objective QoS aware routing heuristics for query driven sensor networks using fuzzy soft sets

In this paper, a fuzzy based distributed power aware routing scheme considering both energy and bandwidth constraints, especially for query driven applications in the asynchronous duty-cycled wireless sensor networks are devised. The proposed multi-constraint, multi-objective routing optimization approach under strict resource constraints guarantees reliability and fast data delivery along with efficient power management in spite of unreliable wireless links and limited power supply. In query driven applications, the request from the sink to the individual sensor node will be a broadcast message, whereas the individual sensor nodes replies back to sink as unicast messages. In the proposed work, the fuzzy approach and “A Star” algorithm are utilized for satisfying energy and bandwidth constraints to route the broadcast messages of the sink while querying all the sensor nodes in the network. Every node will be provided with a guidance list, which is used to decide the next best neighbor node with good route quality for forwarding the received multi-hop broadcast messages. The route quality of the every node is estimated with fuzzy rules based on the network parameters such as maximum remaining energy, minimum traffic load and better link quality to increase the network lifetime. The provision of overhearing the broadcast messages and acknowledgements within the transmission range minimizes the effort to search for the active time of nodes while routing the broadcast messages with asynchronous scheduling. Further, in the proposed work only the time slot of its nearest neighbor relay node (to which packets are to be forwarded) is learnt to reduce the number of message transmissions in the network. For the unicast message replies, the fuzzy membership function is modified and devised based on the routing metrics such as higher residual energy, minimum traffic loads and minimum hop count under energy and bandwidth constraints. Also, the multi-hop heuristic routing algorithm called Nearest Neighbor Tree is effectively used to reduce the number of neighbors in the guidance list that are elected for forwarding. This helps to increase the individual sensor node’s lifetime, thereby maximizes the network lifetime and guarantees increased network throughput. The simulation results show that the proposed technique reduces repeated transmissions, decreases the number of transmissions, shortens the active time of the sensor nodes and increases the network lifetime for query driven sensor network applications invariant to total the number of sensor nodes and sinks in the network. The proposed algorithm is tested in a small test bed of sensor network with ten nodes that monitors the room temperature.     

Accuracy vs. Lifetime: Linear Sketches for Aggregate Queries in Sensor Networks

The in–network aggregation paradigm in sensor networks provides a versatile approach for evaluating aggregate queries. Traditional approaches need a separate aggregate to be computed and communicated for each query and hence do not scale well with the number of queries. Since approximate query results are sufficient for many applications, we use an alternate approach based on summary data–structures. We consider two kinds of aggregate queries: location range queries that compute the sum of values reported by sensors in a given location range, and value range queries that compute the number of sensors that report values in a given range. We construct summary data–structures called linear sketches, over the sensor data using in–network aggregation and use them to answer aggregate queries in an approximate manner at the base–station. There is a trade–off between accuracy of the query results and lifetime of the sensor network that can be exploited to achieve increased lifetimes for a small loss in accuracy. Most commonly occurring sets of range queries are highly correlated and display rich algebraic structure. Our approach takes full advantage of this by constructing linear sketches that depend on queries. Experimental results show that linear sketching achieves significant improvements in lifetime of sensor networks for only a small loss in accuracy of the queries. Further, our approach achieves more accurate query results than the other classical techniques using Discrete Fourier Transform and Discrete Wavelet Transform. This work was supported in part by NASA under Cooperative Agreement NCC5–315.     

Novel itinerary-based KNN query algorithm leveraging grid division routing in wireless sensor networks of skewness distribution

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) is a key enabling technique for achieving the vision of the Internet of Things. In many applications of WSN such as environmental monitoring and vehicle tracking, they may require to launch spatial queries for collecting and gathering sensory data for achieving certain goals. One such query is the \(K\) nearest neighbor (KNN) query, which aims to collect sensory data from \(k\) sensor nodes nearest to a certain query location. Techniques, namely the itinerary-based KNN query algorithms, are recently developed for facilitating KNN queries. Generally, these techniques propagate queries and collect data along a predetermined itinerary. However, query accuracy and boundary expansion are two challenges that are not well addressed. To mitigate these issues, in this paper, we propose a novel KNN query algorithm based on grid division routing in the setting of skewness distribution, where the itinerary is formed based on the connectivity of adjacent grid cells centers. This technique can achieve better query accuracy and cause less energy consumption by executing the query concurrently in subregions. Besides, the void region problem is well addressed based on the proximity of neighbor grid cells. Experiment result shows that our technique performs better in several aspects including query accuracy, data redundancy, and energy efficiency.     

传感器网络中节点个数约束查询处理算法

对传感器网络中一类新查询--节点个数约束查询,提出能量有效的查询处理算法.算法主要由查询下发和结果回收两部分构成.查询下发算法首先根据节点个数约束查询的特点提出相关节点选择以及基于Steiner树的查询下发算法.然后对该下发算法以及一种基于洪泛的能量有效查询下发算法的能量消耗进行分析,并对比两种算法的能量消耗从中选择适当的下发算法.结果回收算法提出直接和间接两种结果回收方式,并给出两种方式在进行结果回收时能够节省能量的条件.仿真实验表明,提出的能量有效节点个数约束查询处理算法能够在满足用户查询精度的同时,使其能量消耗低于其他查询处理算法.     

Distributed adaptive top-k monitoring in wireless sensor networks

Top-k monitoring queries are useful in many wireless sensor network applications. A query of this type continuously returns a list of k ordered nodes with the highest (or lowest) sensor readings. To process these queries, a well-known approach is to install a filter at each sensor node to avoid unnecessary transmissions of sensor readings. In this paper, we propose a new top-k monitoring method, named Distributed Adaptive Filter-based Monitoring. In this method, we first propose a new query reevaluation algorithm that works distributedly in the network to reduce the communication cost of sending probe messages. Then, we present an adaptive filter updating algorithm which is based on predicted benefits to lower down the transmission cost of sending updated filters to the sensor nodes. Experimental results on real data traces show that our proposed method performs much better than the other existing methods in terms of both network lifetime and average energy consumption.     

动态无线传感网中低延迟高可靠的数据查询机制

查询处理作为大规模无线传感器网络中智能服务的一个重要操作,可以根据用户需求对网络中的感知数据进行检索和回传.然而,部署在恶劣环境中的无线传感网络,节点容易遭受外力破坏,或者自身资源(能量、存储等)有限,可能会导致节点发生位移和故障,从而造成网络拓扑不断改变以及部分节点的感知数据失效.同时,由于节点感知数据容量大、传输带宽有限以及网络链路不可靠等情况,可能会造成网络通信时延大大增加.这些因素使得快速、可靠的数据查询处理成为无线传感网中一个难题.为了解决这个难题,提出一种动态网络中低延迟高可靠的数据查询机制.该机制是一种非聚合随机查询方式,通过将传感节点划分为源节点和查询节点来实现数据查询.首先,根据监测事件将网络划分为若干个子区域,每个子区域中的源节点相互协作,并按照时间顺序依次轮流监听该区域的事件信息;接着,源节点根据预估的平均节点故障概率,计算出一个合理的备份数量,并将源数据按照该数量存储到邻居节点中,以降低源数据的失效概率;然后,为了加快数据查询速度,源节点定期对源数据块进行编码压缩,并选取剩余能量和存储空间较小的多个邻居节点作为下一跳接收节点.这些接收节点基于局部区域中节点个数大小,决定是否接收存储该报文.重复上述过程,直至压缩数据均匀地分布在网络中.另一方面,查询节点接收到查询请求时,也使用负载均衡多路分发方式将查询请求传输到部分节点上.为了避免目标数据的冗余回传,当查询请求成功查询到目标数据时,目标节点先修改访问位,再选取与查询节点距离最近的邻居节点作为下一跳接收节点,迭代执行上述操作,直到用户获得所需要的事件信息.在以上过程中,为了节省节点能量,在保证高成功查询率的条件下,建立通信能耗最小化的优化模型,计算出最优的压缩数据副本数和查询消息副本数,之后,源节点和查询节点分别按照该数量进行副本数据分发.最后,理论分析和实验结果表明,与其它四种查询算法相比,提出的查询机制具有更高的查询成功率、更低的通信能耗和通信时延.     

Towards Spatial Window Queries Over Continuous Phenomena in Sensor Networks

Recent research on sensor networks has focused on the efficient processing of declarative SQL queries over sensor nodes. Users are often interested in querying an underlying continuous phenomenon such as a toxic plume, whereas only discrete readings of sensor nodes are available. Therefore, additional information estimation methods are necessary to process the sensor readings to generate the required query results. Most estimation methods are computationally intensive, even when computed in a traditional centralized setting. Furthermore, energy and communication constraints of sensor networks challenge the efficient application of established estimation methods in sensor networks. In this paper, we present an approach using Gaussian kernel estimation to process spatial window queries over continuous phenomena in sensor networks. The key contribution of our approach is the use of a small number of Hermite coefficients to approximate the Gaussian kernel function for subclustered sensor nodes. As a result, our algorithm reduces the size of messages transmitted in the network by logarithmic order, thus saving resources while still providing high-quality query results.     

无线传感器网络中一种近似Skyline 查询处理算法

由于无线传感器网络的能源有限,且在许多应用中Skyline 查询的部分结果即可满足用户需求,提出了一 种近似Skyline 查询处理算法,在满足用户查询需求的前提下最大化地节省能量.该算法仅需无线传感器网络中的部 分传感器节点回传其感知数据即可计算出Skyline 查询的一个近似结果集.由于该算法在处理查询时,每个传感器节 点只需考察自身数据信息即可决定是否回传其感知数据,而无须与其他传感器节点的感知数据进行比较,因此可以 避免大量的网内通信开销,从而节省网络能源.模拟环境下的大量实验结果表明,该算法可以根据用户的应用需求, 节能地处理传感器网络中的近似skyline 查询.     

无线传感器网络的ProgressiveSkyline连续查询

随着传感器技术的进步,无线传感器网络支持复杂查询在现实应用中越来越重要。Skyline查询由于可用于多种标准下的决策而受到广泛关注。对无线传感器网络中Skyline连续查询进行了研究,提出了一种增量(progressive)算法来解决静态数据集中的Skyline查询求解问题,这种增量算法能够递增返回Skyline结果,而无需事先扫描整个数据集。设计了一种新颖的算法来解决流数据集中的Skyline查询维护问题。通过实验对算法性能进行了验证,结果表明,该算法能够大大延长网络的生命周期。     

Probabilistic filters: A stream protocol for continuous probabilistic queries

Pervasive applications, such as natural habitat monitoring and location-based services, have attracted plenty of research interest. These applications, which deploy a lot of sensor devices to collect data from external environments, often have limited network bandwidth and battery resources. The sensors also cannot record accurate values. The uncertainty of data captured by a sensor should thus be considered for query evaluation. To this end, probabilistic queries, which consider data impreciseness and provide statistical guarantees in answers, have been recently studied.     

Localized monitoring of kNN queries in wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor networks have been widely used in civilian and military applications. Primarily designed for monitoring purposes, many sensor applications require continuous collection and processing of sensed data. Due to the limited power supply for sensor nodes, energy efficiency is a major performance concern in query processing. In this paper, we focus on continuous kNN query processing in object tracking sensor networks. We propose a localized scheme to monitor nearest neighbors to a query point. The key idea is to establish a monitoring area for each query so that only the updates relevant to the query are collected. The monitoring area is set up when the kNN query is initially evaluated and is expanded and shrunk on the fly upon object movement. We analyze the optimal maintenance of the monitoring area and develop an adaptive algorithm to dynamically decide when to shrink the monitoring area. Experimental results show that establishing a monitoring area for continuous kNN query processing greatly reduces energy consumption and prolongs network lifetime.     

两层传感器网络中安全Top-k查询处理技术综述

无线传感网中安全数据查询技术的研究已引起了广泛的关注,其中以存储节点为中间层的两层传感器网络中安全Top-k查询技术的研究具有重要的现实意义。现有的安全Top-k查询技术主要针对查询过程中数据的隐私保护和查询结果的完整性验证等问题开展研究工作。从安全性能和通信性能两个维度出发对现有的两层传感器网络中的安全Top-k查询技术进行了总结,介绍了网络模型查询模型,以及查询过程中存在的安全性问题;同时分析和总结了现有的各协议所采用的关键技术以及其主要优点和不足,最后指出了未来可能的研究方向。     

Duty cycle aware spatial query processing in wireless sensor networks

The recent evolution in sensor node location technology has spurred the development of a special type of in-network processing for wireless sensor networks (WSN), called spatial query processing. These queries require data from nodes within a region (called region of interest) defined by the users. The state of the art of spatial query processing considers, in general, that nodes are always on. However, nodes can go to sleep mode (turn off the radio in duty cycles) in order to save energy. This work proposes an energy-efficient in-network spatial query processing mechanism that assumes nodes having no knowledge about their neighbors. The proposed mechanism is able to process spatial queries without the necessity of periodic beacon transmissions for neighbor table updates or for synchronization. Hence, it can work properly over different types of duty cycle algorithms.     

Reliable spatial window aggregation query processing algorithm in wireless sensor networks

After wireless sensor network is deployed, users often submit spatial window aggregation queries to obtain statistical information of the regions of interest, such as maximum temperature, average humidity etc. Existing spatial window aggregation query processing algorithms are based on the assumption that the communication links are ideal which means there are perfect communication links within a given communication range, and none beyond. However, it is not valid in realistic sensor networks, which leads to high retransmissions of data frames. In order to address this problem, a reliable spatial window aggregation query processing algorithm called RESA is proposed in this paper. RESA only requires each node to maintain locations and residual energy of its neighbors and link qualities between them. According to the information, it divides the query area into several sub-regions, followed by collection of sensor readings in each sub-region. RESA traverses all the sub-regions within the query area to ensure the correctness of query result. Based on RESA's energy consumption formula derived, two highly efficient methods for sub-regional division are proposed to reduce packet loss rate during data communication and balance the load of nodes, hence saving energy consumption and extending lifetime. Experimental results show that in most cases RESA outperforms the existing algorithms in terms of energy consumption, quality of query results and lifetime.     

无线传感器网络中基于关联度的多查询优化

无线传感器网络是一种以数据为中心的网络,用户通过基站向网络提出查询请求获取所需数据。如何通过多查询的优化来减少传感器节点的能耗以延长网络生命期是无线传感器网络中需要解决的关键问题之一。提出了基于关联度的多查询优化算法,其基本思想是节点通过节点与候选父亲节点之间的关联度来选择父节点,从而被相同查询覆盖的节点聚集成一个组,多个查询间共享组中节点的数据,在网络中对查询数据进行有效的融合,充分减少了网络的数据传输量,延长了网络的生命期。理论分析和模拟实验表明该算法可以充分减少数据传输量,从而达到节能的目的。     

Efficient processing of aggregation queries in sensor networks

Continuous aggregation queries with a tolerable error threshold have many applications in sensor networks. Since the communication cost is important in the lifetime of sensor networks, there have been a few methods to reduce the communication cost for continuous aggregation queries having a tolerable error threshold. In previous methods, the error threshold in each node is periodically adjusted based on the global statistics collected in the central site that are obtained from all the nodes in the network. These methods require that users specify a few parameters, e.g., adjustment period. However, determination of these parameters by users, in practice, is very difficult and undesirable for sensor network applications demanding unattended operations in dynamically changing environments. In this paper, we propose a new in-network data aggregation protocol, called the Distributed Adaptive Filtering (DAF) protocol. It works in a distributed manner and proceeds adaptively in the sense that the filtering condition in each node is adaptively changed by using only local information. It does not require user parameters that are used in the previous method. We show through various experiments that the proposed method outperforms other existing methods. Recommended by: Ahmed Elmagarmid     

一种改进的无线传感器网络质心定位算法

在无线传感器网络中,确定节点位置或事件发生的位置对其监测活动至关重要。节点自身的准确定位不仅是提供监测事件或监测目标位置信息的前提,也是提供网络拓扑自配置、提高路由效率、向部署者报告网络的覆盖质量以及为网络提供命名空间等网络功能的基础。为此,本文对无线传感器网络定位技术中的质心定位算法进行了改进,对未知节点大致位置的算法做了新的修正,并对未知节点位置确定算法中的加权因子进行了优化,使未知节点的定位误差和定位精度更加精确。相比原加权质心定位算法,本文仿真结果表明,改进的质心定位算法无论在定位误差还是在定位精度方面都有很大的提高。     

An analytical model for information retrieval in wireless sensor networks using enhanced APTEEN protocol

Wireless sensor networks are a new class of ad hoc networks that will find increasing deployment in coming years, as they enable reliable monitoring and analysis of unfamiliar and untested environments. The advances in technology have made it possible to have extremely small, low powered sensor devices equipped with programmable computing, multiple parameter sensing, and wireless communication capability. Because of their inherent limitations, the protocols designed for such sensor networks must efficiently use both limited bandwidth and battery energy. We develop an M/G/1 model to analytically determine the delay incurred in handling various types of queries using our enhanced APTEEN (Adaptive Periodic Threshold-sensitive Energy Efficient sensor Network protocol) protocol. Our protocol uses an enhanced TDMA schedule to efficiently incorporate query handling, with a queuing mechanism for heavy loads. It also provides the additional flexibility of querying the network through any node in the network. To verify our analytical results, we have simulated a temperature sensing application with a Poisson arrival rate for queries on the network simulator ns-2. As the simulation and analytical results match perfectly well, this can be said to be the first step towards analytically determining the delay characteristics of a wireless sensor network.