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A Cellular Automata Model for Wireless Sensor Networks

Authors:
Yijun Wang
Zhihong Qian
Dayang Sun
Ce Zhou

Keywords: Cellular Automata; Microscopic mode; Modeling; Wireless Sensor Networks.

Abstract:
Modeling for wireless sensor networks is very challenging because the modeling needs to adapt network dynamics and find out multiple optimizing paths from the microscopic point of view. In this paper, we propose a cellular automata model that focuses on dynamic network topology, multipath data transmission mechanism and energy overhead. Each node in a network is represented by a cell, and any permutations and combinations that represent any links between two cells constitute the cellular space. A wireless sensor network is modeled by related cell states and cell evolution rule. A cell transmission model is derived for multipath transmission of information. All these aim to ensure network reliability with the minimum resource requirements. Presented analytical work is proved validly by simulations.

Pages: 169 to 174

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: February 29, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4243

ISBN: 978-1-61208-184-7

Location: Saint Gilles, Reunion

Dates: from February 29, 2012 to March 5, 2012