Fault-Tolerant Classification in Mult isensor Networks Using Coding Theory
Tsang-Yi Wang, Yunghsiang Sam Han, Pramod K. Varshney · 2003
A fault-tolerant distributed classification system employing the fault-tolerant fusion rule ap- proach was proposed in (I). Code mat& design is essential for the design of such systems. Two efi- cient code mat& design algorithms are proposed in this paper. The relative merits of both algorithms are also studied. Perfonnance evaluation of the DCFECC (distributed classification fusion using error correcting codes) approach with faults due to hardware/software damage OT drained batteries in sensors are provided. These results have shown significant improvement of fault-tolerance capability as compared vith conven- tional parallel fusion networks. A generalization of the above approach that may handle channel transition er- TOTS is also pmvided.