Effect of retransmission and retrodiction on estimation and fusion in long-haul sensor networks

Liu, Qiang; Wang, Xin; Rao, Nageswara S. V.; Brigham, Katharine; Vijaya Kumar, B. V. K.

doi:10.1109/TNET.2014.2363841

Title: Effect of retransmission and retrodiction on estimation and fusion in long-haul sensor networks

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In a long-haul sensor network, sensors are remotely deployed over a large geographical area to perform certain tasks, such as target tracking. In this work, we study the scenario where sensors take measurements of one or more dynamic targets and send state estimates of the targets to a fusion center via satellite links. The severe loss and delay inherent over the satellite channels reduce the number of estimates successfully arriving at the fusion center, thereby limiting the potential fusion gain and resulting in suboptimal accuracy performance of the fused estimates. In addition, the errors in target-sensor data association can also degrade the estimation performance. To mitigate the effect of imperfect communications on state estimation and fusion, we consider retransmission and retrodiction. The system adopts certain retransmission-based transport protocols so that lost messages can be recovered over time. Besides, retrodiction/smoothing techniques are applied so that the chances of incurring excess delay due to retransmission are greatly reduced. We analyze the extent to which retransmission and retrodiction can improve the performance of delay-sensitive target tracking tasks under variable communication loss and delay conditions. Lastly, simulation results of a ballistic target tracking application are shown in the end to demonstrate the validity ofmore » our analysis.« less

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Liu, Qiang ^[1]; Wang, Xin ^[1]; Rao, Nageswara S. V. ^[2]; Brigham, Katharine ^[3]; Vijaya Kumar, B. V. K. ^[3]

Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1327743

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1063-6692

Publisher:: IEEE/ACM

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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                    Liu, Qiang, Wang, Xin, Rao, Nageswara S. V., Brigham, Katharine, and Vijaya Kumar, B. V. K. Effect of retransmission and retrodiction on estimation and fusion in long-haul sensor networks.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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"Effect of retransmission and retrodiction on estimation and fusion in long-haul sensor networks".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/TNET.2014.2363841.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1327743.

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  title        = {Effect of retransmission and retrodiction on estimation and fusion in long-haul sensor networks},

  author       = {Liu, Qiang and Wang, Xin and Rao, Nageswara S. V. and Brigham, Katharine and Vijaya Kumar, B. V. K.},

  abstractNote = {In a long-haul sensor network, sensors are remotely deployed over a large geographical area to perform certain tasks, such as target tracking. In this work, we study the scenario where sensors take measurements of one or more dynamic targets and send state estimates of the targets to a fusion center via satellite links. The severe loss and delay inherent over the satellite channels reduce the number of estimates successfully arriving at the fusion center, thereby limiting the potential fusion gain and resulting in suboptimal accuracy performance of the fused estimates. In addition, the errors in target-sensor data association can also degrade the estimation performance. To mitigate the effect of imperfect communications on state estimation and fusion, we consider retransmission and retrodiction. The system adopts certain retransmission-based transport protocols so that lost messages can be recovered over time. Besides, retrodiction/smoothing techniques are applied so that the chances of incurring excess delay due to retransmission are greatly reduced. We analyze the extent to which retransmission and retrodiction can improve the performance of delay-sensitive target tracking tasks under variable communication loss and delay conditions. Lastly, simulation results of a ballistic target tracking application are shown in the end to demonstrate the validity of our analysis.},

  doi          = {10.1109/TNET.2014.2363841},

  journal      = {IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking},

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  volume       = 24,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}

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