无线传感器网络的容量研究综述

集成了传感器、微机电系统和无线通信三大技术而形成的无线传感器网络是一种全新的信息获取和处理技术。本文介绍了有关无线传感器网络的容量研究的理论基础和研究现状，从网络模型、基本理论和主要结论等几个方面重点分析和比较了几种当前的研究思路，并主要阐述了有关多用户分集技术、中继网络和多天线波束成形技术在求解无线传感器网络的容量方面的应用。最后指明了将来的工作。

The Capacity Problem of Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper introduces the background, basic theories and current researches on the capacity problem of wireless sensor networks, analyses and compares the research methods on the view of network models, basic theories and main results on the scaling law of the capacity, and introduces the means of multi-user diversity technology, relay net- works and multi-antenna technology in details. Finally, the future work is pointed out.