Reliability evaluation of wireless multimedia sensor networks based on instantaneous availability. (November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Yi; Wang, Sixin; Xu, Wei; Wei, Kunlun
• Is Part Of: International journal of distributed sensor networks. Volume 14:Number 11(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Subjects: Wireless multimedia sensor network -- reliability evaluation -- instantaneous availability -- fluctuation; Sensor networks -- Periodicals; Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Periodicals; Multisensor data fusion -- Periodicals; 681.2
• DOI: 10.1177/1550147718810692
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-1329

Abstract

With the widespread application of wireless multimedia sensor networks, the issue of network reliability has attracted more and more attention. In this article, a new reliability evaluation method of wireless multimedia sensor network is proposed. The failure is regarded as a percolation process, and the percolation threshold is taken as the failure indicator in this method. Accordingly, instantaneous availability model of wireless multimedia sensor network is established combining percolation theory and Markov process on the basis of reliability characteristics analysis. By Laplace transformation, the analytic solution is worked out, and one numerical example is given to verify the model comparing with existing studies. Finally, numerical simulation analyses are used to show the impact of different parameters on instantaneous availability, and the ways to suppress fluctuations are obtained by comparing with fluctuation images.