Importance of Distortion Function for the Reconstruction of Original Observations from the Estimates in Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

The volatility of the wireless communication-channel connectivity and multihop data packet transmitting process results in the reception of distorted information by the terminal sensor node in the Wireless Sensor Network. Reconstruction of the source of the event occurrence is of prime importance at the sink. In this paper, we will explore the importance of the distortion function in the reconstruction of the original observations from the estimates. We will also study various distortion functions proposed for different applications like MAC and energy harvesting.