Structural changes in data communication in wireless sensor networks |
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Authors: | Raquel da Silva Cabral Andre L. L. Aquino Alejandro C. Frery Osvaldo A. Rosso Jaime A. Ramírez |
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Affiliation: | 1. Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Ant?nio Carlos 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 2. Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis Laboratory, Federal University of Alagoas, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil 3. Complex Systems Laboratory, Engineering Faculty, University of Buenos Aires, Paseo Colón 850, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract: | Wireless sensor networks are an important technology for making distributed autonomous measures in hostile or inaccessible environments. Among the challenges they pose, the way data travel among them is a relevant issue since their structure is quite dynamic. The operational topology of such devices can often be described by complex networks. In this work, we assess the variation of measures commonly employed in the complex networks literature applied to wireless sensor networks. Four data communication strategies were considered: geometric, random, small-world, and scale-free models, along with the shortest path length measure. The sensitivity of this measure was analyzed with respect to the following perturbations: insertion and removal of nodes in the geometric strategy; and insertion, removal and rewiring of links in the other models. The assessment was performed using the normalized Kullback-Leibler divergence and Hellinger distance quantifiers, both deriving from the Information Theory framework. The results reveal that the shortest path length is sensitive to perturbations. |
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