Collaborative Research: NeTS-NECO: Energy Replenishment for Wireless Sensor Networks

合作研究：NeTS-NECO：无线传感器网络的能量补充

• 批准号: 0831906
• 负责人: Guiling Wang
• 金额: $ 12万
• 依托单位: New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0831906&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; NeTS; NECO; Energy

Abstract for proposal #0831874 Energy constraint has persisted as a fundamental problem in sensor networks, especially when the networks are required to operate for a long time. Although many solutions have been proposed to address the problem, their limitations are salient: resource-conservation schemes can slow down energy consumption but cannot compensate energy depletion; current environmental resource harvesting schemes have low, unstable efficiency due to uncontrollable environmental conditions and technological limitations; incremental deployment may cause environment pollution and may be too costly. This project leverages the emerging wireless energy charging technology to address the problem from a brand new perspective. Specifically, a hierarchical architecture is first proposed to include an energy provision station as the stable source of energy, a few autonomous mobile energy chargers, and a large number of sensor nodes. On top of the architecture, schemes are developed to solve a unique three-tier, long-term, multiple-time and on-line scheduling problem present in resource replenishment. The architecture and schemes are evaluated through prototyping and extensive experiments. The project will potentially transform the current research on energy management in sensor networks, improve the sensor network performance from both practical and theoretical aspects, and thus promote the wider application of sensor networks in structural health monitoring, smart factories, garden/orchid monitoring, road/traffic monitoring and so on. It will also train a diverse cadre of young scientists, students and professionals for network research and applications.

摘要提案＃0831874能量约束一直是传感器网络中的基本问题，尤其是当需要网络长时间操作时。尽管已经提出了许多解决方案来解决这个问题，但它们的局限性是显着的：资源保存方案可以减缓能源消耗，但不能补偿能源消耗；由于无法控制的环境条件和技术局限性，当前的环境资源收集计划的效率较低，效率低下；增量部署可能会导致环境污染，并且可能太昂贵。该项目利用新兴的无线能源充电技术从崭新的角度解决该问题。具体而言，首先提出了层次结构，将能源提供站包括作为稳定的能源，一些自动移动能源充电器和大量传感器节点。除了架构外，还开发了方案来解决资源补充中存在的独特三层，长期，多次和在线调度问题。通过原型和广泛的实验来评估体系结构和方案。该项目将有可能改变传感器网络中能源管理的当前研究，从实用和理论方面提高传感器网络性能，从而促进传感器网络在结构健康监控，智能工厂，花园/兰花监控，道路/交通监控等中的更广泛应用。它还将培训各种各样的年轻科学家，学生和专业人士的干部，以进行网络研究和应用。