Object Tracking Based on (m,k)-firm Model in Multimedia Wireless Sensor Networks
Object tracking is one of the most promising applications in wireless sensor networks (WSN). However, current scalar based WSN cannot provide diverse object information for type and shape of object. To defeat this problem, multimedia WSN is employed to support various information for the object. When using multimedia, service quality problems naturally arise, which makes it necessary for network technology as to support service quality stably. In this paper, we present real-time network technology for applying (m,k) -firm stream to object tracking in multimedia WSN. The proposed method satisfies the (m,k) -firm requirement of the data transmitted from each sensor node to the sink, and at the same time, aggregates the multimedia data to compensate the technology at intermediate node. In addition, according to current status, adaptive QoS routing protocol chooses the path to satisfy the new (m,k)-firm for users. Finally, simulation result is given to prove the suitability of the proposed scheme by presenting stream dynamic failure ratio value for the (m,k)-firm stream.