Title: Reliability evaluation for wireless sensor network with clustering structure based on universal generating function

Authors: Qiang Liu; Hailin Zhang; Wei Su; Yanbo Ma

Addresses: School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China ' Shandong Geological Engineering Investigation Institute, Jinan 250014, China ' School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China ' School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China

Abstract: A Hierarchical Weighted Voting System (HWVS) model is established to describe the Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) whose topology is cluster. Definitions about the reliability of the HWVS are presented. Based on universal generating function technique, an algorithm is suggested for evaluating the reliability of HWVS. In the algorithm, the u-functions of lower WVS and upper WVS are calculated separately, then the reliability of the whole HWVS is derived through the u-functions. The effects of system parameters (weights of sensor nodes, number of clusters, number of nodes in each cluster) on system reliability are analysed.

Keywords: universal generating function; hierarchical weighted voting system; wireless sensor network; LEACH; reliability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2017.088551

International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 2017 Vol.11 No.1/2, pp.97 - 115

Accepted: 08 Sep 2017
Published online: 11 Dec 2017 *

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