Energy-Efficient Resource Management in Distributed Wireless Imaging Sensor Networks

In recent years, wireless sensor networks have received great interest with rapid developments in both hardware and software aspects. However, there is always a problem with limited energy supply for the tiny sensor node. In wireless imaging sensor network in which imaging devices are utilized, the bottleneck of energy consumption efficiency is even more serious. The main activities of such imaging networks are related to image data transmission over wireless channel. Therefore it is necessary to seek a good balance between the image quality and energy conservation. We propose an energy-efficient control scheme based on recent dynamic range coding techniques. The simulation results are presented with emphasis on prolonging the sensor network lifetime.