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Bridging Reliability Analysis and Reality in Sensor Systems: Theories and Applications

$441KNSF CSR Small
2011 to 2015period
1papers acknowledging the award
1lab students and alumni on the work

The project

Reliability and fault tolerance models for wireless sensor systems.

Co-PI Vinod Vokkarane; Lead PI Liudong Xing (UMass Dartmouth), with Yan Sun (URI).

Award number: 1112947, 1112935

Students

Amir Ehsani Zonouz

From the authors of the papers acknowledging this award.

What the work found

  • Reliability Based Optimization in Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks (2015): Optimizes hybrid WSN design for reliability.
  • A Phased-Mission Framework for Communication Reliability in WSN (2014): Captures phase-dependent reliability.
  • A Time-Dependent Link Failure Model for Wireless Sensor Networks (2014): Links reliability to energy consumption over time.
  • Reliability-Oriented Single-Path Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks (2014): Protocols chosen for reliability outperform conventional ones in harsh settings.

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Papers acknowledging this award

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A.E. Zonouz, L. Xing, V.M. Vokkarane, Y.L. Sun. Hybrid wireless sensor networks: a reliability, cost and energy-aware approach (2016)

Related work from the lab in this period

Papers in the project\'s research threads from its years; they may or may not acknowledge this award.

C. Wang, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, Y. Sun. Infrastructure Communication Sensitivity Analysis of Wireless Sensor NetworksJournal, 2016, Wireless sensor and access networks
A.E. Zonouz, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, Y. Sun. Reliability Based Optimization in Hybrid Wireless Sensor NetworksConference, 2015, Wireless sensor and access networks
A. E. Zonouz, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, Y. Sun. Application Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor NetworksJournal, 2015, Wireless sensor and access networks
C. Wang, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, Y. Sun. A Phased-Mission Framework for Communication Reliability in WSNConference, 2014, Wireless sensor and access networks
A.E. Zonouz, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, Y. Sun. A Time-Dependent Link Failure Model for Wireless Sensor NetworksConference, 2014, Wireless sensor and access networks
A. E. Zonouz, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, Y. Sun. Reliability-Oriented Single-Path Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor NetworksJournal, 2014, Wireless sensor and access networks
C. Wang, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, Y. Sun. Reliability and Lifetime Modeling of Wireless Sensor NodesJournal, 2014, Wireless sensor and access networks
A. E. Zonouz, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, Y. Sun. Application Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks Supporting K-coverageConference, 2013, Wireless sensor and access networks

Acknowledging this award

This material is based upon work supported by the NSF CSR Small under Award No. 1112947. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor.