A Review on fault diagnosis in wireless sensor networks

Abstract

With the wide utilization of wireless sensor networks(WSN), higher reliability and stability are being pursued gradually. In most cases, the communication capability for sensor network is influenced by the complex environmental conditions, the open characteristics of channels, the energy limitations of nodes, as well as network protocol design issues, ultimately leading to the high possibility of network failure. As a result, a timely and accurate fault diagnosis is of much significance for a network to ensure the stable operation and execution efficiency. This article firstly demonstrates the diagnostic process on the following three aspects, including the collection for network fault information, fault detection, and diagnosis process. In addition, the features of commonly used technologies are also analyzed and compared in order to identify their application scope respectively. Finally, this paper makes the summary for the possible development trends and future research directions of fault diagnosis.