Sparse Signal Aloha: A Compressive Sensing-Based Method for Uncoordinated Multiple Access

Liantao Wu, Peng Sun, Ming Xiao, Yuhen Hu, Zhi Wang

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Abstract

We investigate the problem of sparse signal medium access control in the wireless sensor networks. The proposed sparse signal Aloha (SSA) transmits sampled compressive data to the fusion center using Aloha random access protocol. In order to maximize the overall data transmission rate in the presence of packet collision, redundant data are randomly subsampled at individual sensor nodes according to an optimal subsampling rate before transmission. Data loss due to random subsampling and collision in the wireless channel are compensated using compressive sensing recovery method at the fusion center. Simulation results verify the theoretical analysis and show the significant improvement of SSA compared with existing CS-based random access method.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7849200
Pages (from-to)1301-1304
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Communications Letters
Volume21
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Aloha
  • Sparse signal transmission
  • compressive sensing
  • optimal subsampling rate
  • wireless sensor networks

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