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<p>A basic tenet of wireless sensor networks is that processing of data is less expensive in terms of power than transmitting data. A data compression method is proposed to limit the amount of data transmitted within the network. In this paper, we propose a novel data compression algorithm suitable for low power computing devices. In our method, a data point density algorithm is used to determine which points to discard in a given data region. This algorithm is applied to uniform sections throughout the entirety of the data set. Regions with the highest data point density will be represented by a single point. The resulting data points then form the compressed data set. The transmission and subsequent processing of this compressed data set will cause less strain on the network than the original data set, while still maintaining the required information of the original data set. A tool is developed to test the method and compare it with other methods</p>
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A basic tenet of wireless sensor networks is that processing of data is less expensive in terms of power than transmitting data. A data compression method is proposed to limit the amount of data transmitted within the network. In this paper, we propose a novel data compression algorithm suitable for low power computing devices. In our method, a data point density algorithm is used to determine which points to discard in a given data region. This algorithm is applied to uniform sections throughout the entirety of the data set. Regions with the highest data point density will be represented by a single point. The resulting data points then form the compressed data set. The transmission and subsequent processing of this compressed data set will cause less strain on the network than the original data set, while still maintaining the required information of the original data set. A tool is developed to test the method and compare it with other methods

Data Compression And Visualization For Wireless Sensor Networks

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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A basic tenet of wireless sensor networks is that processing of data is less expensive in terms of power than transmitting data. A data compression method is...

Data Compression And Visualization For Wireless Sensor Networks

Published Online: Dec 01, 2015

Page range: 2083 - 2115

Received: Oct 12, 2015

Accepted: Nov 10, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-844

Keywords
wireless sensor networks, data compression, data visualization, compression algorithm, runtime analysis, relative compression rate, block density

© 2015 Ahadul Imam et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Data Compression And Visualization For Wireless Sensor Networks

Published Online: Dec 01, 2015

Page range: 2083 - 2115

Received: Oct 12, 2015

Accepted: Nov 10, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-844

Keywordswireless sensor networks, data compression, data visualization, compression algorithm, runtime analysis, relative compression rate, block density

© 2015 Ahadul Imam et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
wireless sensor networks, data compression, data visualization, compression algorithm, runtime analysis, relative compression rate, block density