Performance of distributed estimation over multiple access fading channels with partial feedback

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Abstract

We consider a wireless sensor network for distributed estimation over Rayleigh fading channels. The sensors transmit their observations over fading channels to a fusion center, where a source parameter is estimated. Since the sensor transmissions add incoherently over a multiple access channel, we consider partial channel knowledge at the sensors to improve performance. We calculate the variance of the estimate when the channel phase is quantized uniformly and fed back to the sensors. We show that as few as 3 bits of feedback is sufficient for a loss in performance of about 5%. We also show that the performance is robust in the presence of feedback errors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2008 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP
Pages2253-2256
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event2008 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: Mar 31 2008Apr 4 2008

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Other

Other2008 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period3/31/084/4/08

Keywords

  • Distributed estimation
  • Fading channels
  • Feedback
  • Quantization
  • Sensor networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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