Summary: Spring 2006 CS 649 1
CS649
Sensor Networks
Lecture IP-11: Sensor Control and Tasking
I-Jeng Wang
http://hinrg.cs.jhu.edu/wsn06/
Sensor Control and Tasking
Spring 2006 CS 649 2
· Dynamically control or task sensors with multiple modes
or search patterns to optimize overall performance
· Application driven performance metrics such as detection
probability, probability of false alarm, track quality, or
more general utility functions
· Energy consumption and lifetime of the network
· Covertness in military applications
· Specific Sensor Control Actions
· Simple on-off control to preserve energy
· Local signal processing algorithms
· Schedule and configure sensing actions
· "Ping" scheduling for active sensors (active sonar, radar, etc.)

Source: Amir, Yair - Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences