As one of the commonly used queries in modern databases, skyline query has received extensive attention from database research community. The uncertainty of the data in wireless sensor networks makes the corresponding...As one of the commonly used queries in modern databases, skyline query has received extensive attention from database research community. The uncertainty of the data in wireless sensor networks makes the corresponding skyline uncertain and not unique. This paper investigates the Pr-Skyline problem, i.e., how to compute the skyline with the highest existence probability in a computational and energy-efficient way. We formulate the problem and prove that it is NP-Complete and cannot be approximated in a given expression. However, the proposed algorithm SKY-SEARCH with pruning techniques can guarantee the computational efficiency given relatively large input size, while the filter-based distributed optimization strategy significantly reduces the transmission cost and the required storage space of the sensor nodes. Extensive experiments verify the efficiency and scalability of SKY-SEARCH and the distributed optimizing strategy.展开更多
Area query processing is significant for various applications of wireless sensor networks since it can request information of particular areas in the monitored environment. Existing query processing techniques cannot ...Area query processing is significant for various applications of wireless sensor networks since it can request information of particular areas in the monitored environment. Existing query processing techniques cannot solve area queries. Intuitively, centralized processing on Base Station can accomplish area queries via collecting information from all sensor nodes. However, this method is not suitable for wireless sensor networks with limited energy since a large amount of energy is wasted for reporting useless data. This motivates us to propose an energy-efficient in-network area query processing scheme. In our scheme, the monitored area is partitioned into grids, and a unique gray code number is used to represent a Grid ID （GID）, which is also an effective way to describe an area. Furthermore, a reporting tree is constructed to process area merging and data aggregations. Based on the properties of GIDs, subareas can be merged easily and useless data can be discarded as early as possible to reduce energy consumption. For energy-efficiently answering continuous queries, we also design an incremental update method to continuously generate query results. In essence, all of these strategies are pivots to conserve energy consumption. With a thorough simulation study, it is shown that our scheme is effective and energy-efficient展开更多
HashQuery,a Hash-area-based data dissemination protocol,was designed in wireless sensor networks. Using a Hash function which uses time as the key,both mobile sinks and sensors can determine the same Hash area. The se...HashQuery,a Hash-area-based data dissemination protocol,was designed in wireless sensor networks. Using a Hash function which uses time as the key,both mobile sinks and sensors can determine the same Hash area. The sensors can send the information about the events that they monitor to the Hash area and the mobile sinks need only to query that area instead of flooding among the whole network,and thus much energy can be saved. In addition,the location of the Hash area changes over time so as to balance the energy consumption in the whole network. Theoretical analysis shows that the proposed protocol can be energy-efficient and simulation studies further show that when there are 5 sources and 5 sinks in the network,it can save at least 50% energy compared with the existing two-tier data dissemination(TTDD) protocol,especially in large-scale wireless sensor networks.展开更多
In hybrid wireless sensor networks, sensor mobility causes the query areas to change dynamically. Aiming at the problem of inefficiency in processing the data aggregation queries in dynamic query areas, this paper pro...In hybrid wireless sensor networks, sensor mobility causes the query areas to change dynamically. Aiming at the problem of inefficiency in processing the data aggregation queries in dynamic query areas, this paper proposes a processing approach for event-based location aware queries （ELAQ）, which includes query dissemination algorithm, maximum distance projection proxy selection algorithm, in-network query propagation, and aggregation algorithm. ELAQs are triggered by the events and the query results are dependent on mobile sensors＇ location, which are the characteristics of ELAQ model. The results show that compared with the TinyDB query processing approach, ELAQ processing approach increases the accuracy of the query result and decreases the query response time.展开更多
文摘As one of the commonly used queries in modern databases, skyline query has received extensive attention from database research community. The uncertainty of the data in wireless sensor networks makes the corresponding skyline uncertain and not unique. This paper investigates the Pr-Skyline problem, i.e., how to compute the skyline with the highest existence probability in a computational and energy-efficient way. We formulate the problem and prove that it is NP-Complete and cannot be approximated in a given expression. However, the proposed algorithm SKY-SEARCH with pruning techniques can guarantee the computational efficiency given relatively large input size, while the filter-based distributed optimization strategy significantly reduces the transmission cost and the required storage space of the sensor nodes. Extensive experiments verify the efficiency and scalability of SKY-SEARCH and the distributed optimizing strategy.
文摘Area query processing is significant for various applications of wireless sensor networks since it can request information of particular areas in the monitored environment. Existing query processing techniques cannot solve area queries. Intuitively, centralized processing on Base Station can accomplish area queries via collecting information from all sensor nodes. However, this method is not suitable for wireless sensor networks with limited energy since a large amount of energy is wasted for reporting useless data. This motivates us to propose an energy-efficient in-network area query processing scheme. In our scheme, the monitored area is partitioned into grids, and a unique gray code number is used to represent a Grid ID （GID）, which is also an effective way to describe an area. Furthermore, a reporting tree is constructed to process area merging and data aggregations. Based on the properties of GIDs, subareas can be merged easily and useless data can be discarded as early as possible to reduce energy consumption. For energy-efficiently answering continuous queries, we also design an incremental update method to continuously generate query results. In essence, all of these strategies are pivots to conserve energy consumption. With a thorough simulation study, it is shown that our scheme is effective and energy-efficient
基金Project(07JJ1010) supported by Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProjects(2006AA01Z202, 2006AA01Z199) supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China+2 种基金Project(7002102) supported by the City University of Hong Kong, Strategic Research Grant (SRG)Project(IRT-0661) supported by the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in UniversityProject(NCET-06-0686) supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
文摘HashQuery,a Hash-area-based data dissemination protocol,was designed in wireless sensor networks. Using a Hash function which uses time as the key,both mobile sinks and sensors can determine the same Hash area. The sensors can send the information about the events that they monitor to the Hash area and the mobile sinks need only to query that area instead of flooding among the whole network,and thus much energy can be saved. In addition,the location of the Hash area changes over time so as to balance the energy consumption in the whole network. Theoretical analysis shows that the proposed protocol can be energy-efficient and simulation studies further show that when there are 5 sources and 5 sinks in the network,it can save at least 50% energy compared with the existing two-tier data dissemination(TTDD) protocol,especially in large-scale wireless sensor networks.
基金Supported by the National Pre-research Foundation Project of China (513150402)
文摘In hybrid wireless sensor networks, sensor mobility causes the query areas to change dynamically. Aiming at the problem of inefficiency in processing the data aggregation queries in dynamic query areas, this paper proposes a processing approach for event-based location aware queries （ELAQ）, which includes query dissemination algorithm, maximum distance projection proxy selection algorithm, in-network query propagation, and aggregation algorithm. ELAQs are triggered by the events and the query results are dependent on mobile sensors＇ location, which are the characteristics of ELAQ model. The results show that compared with the TinyDB query processing approach, ELAQ processing approach increases the accuracy of the query result and decreases the query response time.
基金Supported by the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.60533110(国家自然科学基金重点项目)the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.60473075(国家自然科学基金)+3 种基金the National Grand Fundamental Research973Program of China under Grant No.2006CB303000(国家重点基础研究发展计划(973))the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China under Grant No.NCET-05-0333(新世纪优秀人才支持计划)the Key Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China under Grant No.ZJG03-05(黑龙江省自然科学基金重点项目)the Heilongjiang Province Scientific and Technological Special Fund for Young Scholars of China under Grant No.QC06C033(黑龙江省青年科技专项资金)
