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Smart Structures and Systems
  Volume 33, Number 6, June 2024 , pages 465-482
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sss.2024.33.6.465
 


Robust wireless sensor network configuration design for structural health monitoring with optimal information-energy tradeoff
Xiao-Han Hao, Sin-Chi Kuok and Ka-Veng Yuen

 
Abstract
    In this paper, a robust wireless sensor network configuration design method is proposed to develop the optimal configuration under the consideration of sensor failure and energy consumption. A malfunctioned sensor in a wireless sensor network may lead to data transmission failure of the entire sensing cluster, inducing severe deterioration in system identification performance. The proposed method determines a wireless sensor network configuration that is robust against sensor failure. By utilizing Bayesian inference, we introduce a robust indicator to evaluate the impact on estimation accuracy of sensor configurations with various malfunctioned sensors. Moreover, a network formation strategy is proposed to optimize the energy efficiency of the wireless sensor network configuration. Therefore, the resultant robust wireless sensor network configuration can operate with the minimum energy consumption while the measurement information of the sensor network with malfunctioned sensors can be guaranteed. The proposed method is illustrated by designing the robust wireless sensor network configurations of a truss model and a bridge model.
 
Key Words
    Bayesian inference; energy efficiency; multi-type sensing devices; parameter identification; robust wireless sensor network; sensor failure
 
Address
(1) Xiao-Han Hao:
School of Safety Engineering and Emergency Management, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, China;
(2) Sin-Chi Kuok, Ka-Veng Yuen:
State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China;
(3) Sin-Chi Kuok, Ka-Veng Yuen:
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory for Smart Cities, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China.
 

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