Efficient and adaptive node selection for target tracking. For wsns, monitoring and collecting data are to the fore, while common ad hoc networks focus more on the communication aspects. A single mobile target tracking in voronoibased clustered. In a wsn, sensor nodes observe the events, perform a local data processing and compression and then forward the results to a central node called fusion center. Energy efficient moving target tracking in wireless sensor networks. Salim and mitsuji matsumoto abstractdespite the fact that the deployment of sensor networks and target tracking could both be managed by taking full advantage of voronoi diagrams, very little few have been made in this regard. On the other hand, the work in 4 used a vf algorithm to estimate the. Algorithms for wireless sensor networks roger wattenhofer, eth zurich. Compared with iterative algorithms which use historical information, such as extended kalman filter, noniterative algorithms always achieve. Target tracking in wireless sensor network target tracking in wireless sensor network is presented in this chapter. Today, underwater target tracking using underwater wireless sensor networks uwsns is an essential part in many military and nonmilitary applications. This document was created using the pdf latex processor, based in the unlthesis template1, developed at the dep. Wsns are used in many applications such border patrolling, military intrusion detection, wildlife animal monitoring, surveillance of natural disasters and healthcare systems. For tracking ground vehicles or underwater targets, wsns have been regarded as useful and are becoming increasingly available due to recent advancements in lowcost micro sensor technology.
Localization techniques proposed in the literature for sensor networks include direction. Outline of multipletarget tracking in acoustic wsns in this research, we assume that the wireless sensors are distributed in a. Reprints available directly from the publisher published by license under the ocp science imprint, photocopying permitted by license only a member of the old city publishing group. Wireless sensor networks wsns have been extensively employed to monitor a region of interest roi for reliable detectionestimationtracking of events 14. Evaluations of target tracking in wireless sensor networks. A competent target tracking procedure in wireless sensor networks sagarika sethy1, chinmaya kumar nayak2, manoranjan pradhan3, satyabrata das4 1m. Introduction a wireless sensor network wsn 1 2 is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices that use sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions. For object tracking application using wsn, crossbow provides the msp410. Wireless sensor networks wsns are composed of numerous wireless micro sensors and a centralized fusion center. Wireless sensor networks have significant impact upon the efficiency of military and civil applications such as environment monitoring, target surveillance, industrial process observation, tactical systems, etc. Structure of wireless sensor networks wireless sensor networks follows most common architecture osi model. In location tracking, there is a tradeoff between data accuracy of mobile targets and energy efficiency of sensor nodes.
Research article efficient and adaptive node selection for. Achieving realtime target tracking using wireless sensor. An object tracking mechanism in wireless sensor networks. These are similar to wireless ad hoc networks in the. Location tracking for wireless sensor networks springerlink. Improvement of rangefree localization systems in wireless. Sensor selection for target tracking in wsn, ieee signal process. The simulation results of this work demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed protocol in both the onehop and multihop clusterbased sensor networks.
Compressive sensingbased target tracking for wireless. Abstract we advocate the use of wireless sensor networks in. In these scenarios, target tracking is one of the most important applications of wireless sensor networks. An object tracking mechanism in wireless sensor networks pinki rathee deenbandhu chhotu ram university of science and technology, murthal1039, sonepat, haryana sanjeev indora technology, murthal1039, sonepat, haryana abstract. However, most existing works focus on selecting sensor nodes which are the nearest to the target for tracking missions and they did not consider the correlation of the location of the sensor. Olfatisaber 2007, distributed tracking for mobile sensor networks with informationdriven mobility, in proc. A new adaptive target tracking protocol in wireless sensor. A number of statistical approaches are jointly employed in this algorithm such as least squares method, iterative maximum likelihood method, and particle ltering. An overview of wireless sensor networks applications and. It is expected that only the nodes adjacent to the target are responsible for observing the target to save the energy consumption and extend the network lifetime as well by using a wakeup mechanism and. Wireless sensor networks wsns are small, inexpensive and batteryoperated sensor nodes that are deployed over a geographical area. One of the most interesting applications in wireless sensor networks is target tracking, which mainly consists in detecting and monitoring the motion of mobile targets.
The distributed tracking of an unknown target using a powerconstrained wireless sensor networks wsn is an attractive topic. Localization primarily refers to the detection of spatial coordinates of a node or an object. Distributed sensor allocation for multitarget tracking in. Particularly, accurate localization of a moving target is a fundamental requirement in several machine to machine monitoring applications.
Target tracking based on virtual grid in wireless sensor. Wireless sensor network wsn refers to a group of spatially dispersed and dedicated sensors for monitoring and recording the physical conditions of the environment and organizing the collected data at a central location. Targettracking algorithms typically organize the network into a logical structure e. Target localization in wireless sensor networks using. Target tracking, virtual grid, clustering, wireless sensor networks, dynamic clustering. Rulebased multipletarget tracking in acoustic wireless. Keywordswireless sensor networks, congestion management, taget tracking, quality of information i. The problem being tackled here relates to the problem of target tracking in wireless sensor networks. Compressive sensingbased target tracking for wireless visual sensor networks salema fayed a, sherin youssef, amr elhelwb, mohammad patwaryc, and mansour moniric a computer engineering department, b electronics and communication department college of engineering and technology aast, alexandria, egypt. Impact on the usage of wireless sensor networks in healthcare. Doppler effect on target tracking in wireless sensor networks.
Distributed variational filtering for simultaneous sensor. Wireless sensor networks wsn must rely on these sensors and collaborative signal processing to dynamically manage node resources and. Analysis of cluster based target tracking in wireless. The desti nation node creates a receiver trace file for every received. Wireless sensor networks have been the subject of intense research in recent years. Each node has a simple threshold detection sensor, a small embedded processor, and a wireless module that allows it to forward its data to a central fusion center. Target tracking deals with finding spatial coordinates of a moving object and being able to track its movements. Emulation of wireless sensor networks for object tracking draft. A single mobile target tracking in voronoibased clustered wireless sensor network jiehui chen, mariam b. Auctionbased congestion management for target tracking.
In this work, we focus on target localization in wsns. These types of applications are used to track down the. An overview on sensor networks similar to other wireless communication systems, the development of wireless sensor networks has a variety of. With the large use of wireless sensor devices, the interest in positioning and tracking by means of wireless sensor networks is expected to grow further. Wsns measure environmental conditions like temperature, sound, pollution levels, humidity, wind, and so on. Video and audio sensors will be used to enhance and complement existing surveillance. Target tracking in wireless sensor networks intechopen. Emulation of wireless sensor networks for object tracking. In this work we have discussed applications and various issues of target tracking in wireless sensor networks and made a survey on related works. Sensor nodes are used in wide range of applications such as security, military, and environmental monitoring. A wireless sensor network is a collection of sensor nodes organized into a cooperative network. A comparative study of target tracking approaches in. Since the sensor nodes are usually batterypowered and it is infeasible to replenish energy via replacing their battery a er.
Target localization and tracking in wireless sensor networks. Recent developments in sensor techniques make wireless sensor networks wsns available to many application domains 6, 12, 17, 26, 32. Wireless video sensor networks will be composed of interconnected, batterypowered miniature video cameras, each packaged with a lowpower wireless transceiver that is capable of processing, sending, and receiving data. For the case of multitarget tracking mtt, the management of sensor resources in wireless sensor networks has attracted increasing attention recently 8, 1417. Target tracking in wireless sensor networks, wireless sensor networks. In threedimensional space, current target tracking algorithms based on wireless sensor networks are mainly noniterative and operated with only current measurement result. A competent target tracking procedure in wireless sensor. In this paper, a comprehensive survey of the pioneer as well as the state oftheart localization and tracking methods in the wireless sensor networks is presented. In target tracking wireless sensor network, choosing the proper working nodes can not only minimize the number of active nodes, but also satisfy the tracking reliability requirement. Adaptive quantized target tracking in wireless sensor networks. A rfbased robot tracking system in wireless sensor networks. Target detection and tracking in wsn is a topic of latest research. Target tracking in wireless sensor networks, ieee transactions on mobile computing, 2004, pp. They have covered almost all issues that affect the performance and efficiency of the wireless sensor networks and simulation tools in their paper.
The continuously widening variety of wireless sensor networks wsns applications requires node this is certainly. Sensor management is intimately related to track fusion, where multiple sensors collaboratively track the same target in order to improve tracking performance. Multiple 3d target tracking in binary wireless sensor network. In 3, authors have derived the optimal number of quantization levels as well as the optimal energy allocation across bits, but they have neglected the information content relevance of measured data. Localization is mostly applicable for the static sensor nodes, whereas, tracking for the mobile sensor nodes.
Introduction wireless sensor networks wsns consist of a large amount of small, lowcost, and wirelessly connected sensor nodes deployed in an unattended natural environment. If the number of nodes is increased to track a mobile target, the level of data accuracy increases, but the energy consumption of nodes increases. Moving target tracking in three dimensional space with. Application centric design, geoff v merrett and yen kheng tan, intechopen, doi. Introduction years of steady advancements in integrated circuitry and wireless communications, fabrication cost reductions, and innovative highvalue applications have solidified wireless sensor networks wsns as a significant component of. Wireless sensor networks have significant impact upon the efficiency of military and civilian applications. A new adaptive method for target tracking in wireless. A new adaptive target tracking protocol in wireless sensor networks elham ahmadi computer engineering department islamic azad university south tehran branch tehran, iran masoud sabaei computer engineering and information technology department amirkabir university tehran, iran abstract in wireless sensor networks sampling time interval and the.
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