Abstract-This paper presents a data compression algorithm with error bound guarantee for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) using compressing neural networks. The proposed algorithm minimizes data congestion and reduces energy consumption by exploring spatio-temporal correlations among data samples. The adaptive rate-distortion feature balances the compressed data size (data rate) with the required error bound guarantee (distortion level). This compression relieves the strain on energy and bandwidth resources while collecting WSN data within tolerable error margins, thereby increasing the scale of WSNs. The algorithm is evaluated using real-world datasets and compared with conventional methods for temporal and spatial data compression. The experimental validation reveals that the proposed algorithm outperforms several existing WSN data compression methods in terms of compression efficiency and signal reconstruction. Moreover, an energy analysis shows that compressing the data can reduce the energy expenditure, and hence expand the service lifespan by several folds. Index Terms-Lossy data compression, error bound guarantee, compressing neural networks, Internet of things.
Alsheikh et al. REF utilize compressing neural networks to compress data with bound guarantee and propose a rate-distortion balanced data compression algorithm.
Rate-distortion Balanced Data Compression for Wireless Sensor Networks
IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 5072-5083, June15, 2016
Computer Science