VIGILANT⁺: mission objective interest groups for wireless sensor network surveillance applications

Author(s): D.S. Ghataoura ; J.E. Mitchell ; G.E. Matich
DOI: 10.1049/iet-wss.2011.0045

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Author(s): D.S. Ghataoura ¹ ; J.E. Mitchell ¹ ; G.E. Matich ²
- Affiliations: 1: Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
  2: Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Selex Galileo Ltd, Basildon, UK
Source: Volume 1, Issue 4, December 2011, p. 229 – 240
DOI: 10.1049/iet-wss.2011.0045 , Print ISSN 2043-6386, Online ISSN 2043-6394

A system termed VIGILANT⁺ is outlined, which utilises situation awareness for the purposes of enabling distributed, autonomic, sensor management, so that savings on consumption of network resources can be achieved. VIGILANT⁺ is a novel proposition allowing deployed, unattended, wireless sensor nodes to self-organise into dynamic groups and self-manage their transmissions efficiently, according to a current common mission objective. First, a distributed situation assessment system named PORTENT model detects and characterises potential situations occurring within an uncertain environment, using the metric, quality of surveillance information. Secondly, a Bayesian belief network is utilised to understand and analyse the significance associated with the potential situation, primarily to enable deployed sensors to self-organise and assign themselves to mission objectives autonomously. Thirdly, a system is introduced for distributed autonomic transmission control, which enables the efficient management of sensor network resource consumption. Simulations have been undertaken to verify the integrated VIGILANT⁺ concepts and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in improving network efficiency, without compromising the presentation of mission surveillance utility.

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