Dr. Philip F. Chimento Profile

Dr. Philip F. Chimento

at Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Physics Lab LLC

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Proceedings Article | 2 June 2005 Paper

Design considerations for sensor networks with gateways

Lotfi Benmohamed, Phil Chimento, Bharat Doshi, I-Jeng Wang

Proceedings Volume 5819, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603745

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Fusion energy, Sensor networks, Control systems, Target detection, Head, Information fusion, Relays, Signal detection, Receivers

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In a large class of sensor network deployments, a small subset of the sensors covering the sensor field is equipped with special communications capability to communicate with operators outside the sensor field. These sensors play the role of gateways for off-field communication in the sense that all communications to- or out of the field is through these nodes, and the other non-gateway nodes are only capable of sensor-to-sensor communication. This design achieves a lower cost by concentrating expensive communication devices in a small subset of nodes. An important problem in designing such gateway-based sensor networks is determining the number of gateway nodes needed, their location in the sensor field, and the automation of the sensor-to-gateway association for off-field communication. These design considerations are addressed in this paper. In determining the number of gateways the tradeoff is between performance and cost. As the number of gateways increases, less traffic load is placed on each gateway and its surrounding nodes, resulting in longer network lifetime and larger off-field aggregate transmission capacity. However, with a larger number of gateways the network may be too costly to deploy as gateway nodes are more expensive than non-gateway sensor nodes. We develop and analyze models that allow us to determine the optimal number of gateways and their location in the sensor field. We also provide initial results with respect to determining the needed number of fusion nodes. While the presence of multiple gateways offers a higher degree of off-field communication reliability, a sensor will need to select one of the gateways at a time for off-field communication. In this paper, we also propose a dynamic sensor-to-gateway association protocol. Based on current energy levels, the distributed protocol dynamically assigns sensors to gateways in such a way that the overall transmission load is balanced among the different gateway regions over the lifetime of the sensor field.

Proceedings Article | 28 March 2005 Paper

Sensor fusion for coastal waters surveillance

Bharat Doshi, Lotfi Benmohamed, Philip Chimento, I-Jeng Wang

Proceedings Volume 5813, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603624

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Fusion energy, Sensor networks, Data fusion, Information fusion, Head, Target detection, Sensor fusion, Surveillance, Relays

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