Ad hoc networks of tiny wireless sensors, working in
unison, sensing and disseminating information, are expected to have numerous
applications in the near future. Given their wide range of potential
applications, such as early forest fire detection, sophisticated earthquake
monitoring in dense urban areas, and battlefield surveillance, wireless
sensor networks are poised to become an integral part of our lives. We have
observed that instead of being concerned with the total bits transmitted
within the network or the whole energy consumed during the network's
lifetime, what the users of sensor networks care about most is the total
information the network delivers about the underlying field (within the
constraint of the battery power available in each node). Therefore, the
ultimate goal for our work on this project is to maximize the total
information delivered by the wireless sensor network during its lifetime.
Participants: Yeling Zhang
Nasir Memon
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