Practical data compression in wireless sensor networks: A survey

  • Authors:

  • Tossaporn Srisooksai;Kamol Keamarungsi;Poonlap Lamsrichan;Kiyomichi Araki

  • Affiliations:

  • TAIST-Tokyo Tech, ICT for Embedded System Program, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand;Embedded System Technology Laboratory, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand;Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand;Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Power consumption is a critical problem affecting the lifetime of wireless sensor networks. A number of techniques have been proposed to solve this issue, such as energy-efficient medium access control or routing protocols. Among those proposed techniques, the data compression scheme is one that can be used to reduce transmitted data over wireless channels. This technique leads to a reduction in the required inter-node communication, which is the main power consumer in wireless sensor networks. In this article, a comprehensive review of existing data compression approaches in wireless sensor networks is provided. First, suitable sets of criteria are defined to classify existing techniques as well as to determine what practical data compression in wireless sensor networks should be. Next, the details of each classified compression category are described. Finally, their performance, open issues, limitations and suitable applications are analyzed and compared based on the criteria of practical data compression in wireless sensor networks.