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Optimal linear estimation fusion - Part VI: Sensor data compression

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Abstract

In many engineering applications, estimation accuracy can be improved by data from distributed sensors. Due to limited communication bandwidth and limited processing capability at the fusion center, it is crucial to compress these data for the final estimation at the fusion center. One way of accomplishing this is to reduce the dimension of the data with minimum or no loss of information. Based on the best linear unbiased estimation (BLUE) fusion results obtained in the previous parts of this series, in this paper we present optimal rules for compressing data at each local sensor to an allowable size (i.e., dimension) such that the fused estimate is optimal. We show that without any performance deteriomtion, all sensor data can be compressed to a dimension not larger than that of the estimatee (i.e., the quantity to be estimated). For some simple cases, these optimal compression rules are given analytically; for the general case, they can be found numerically by an algorithm proposed here. Supporting simulation results are provided.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2003
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages221-228
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)0972184449, 9780972184441
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2003 - Cairns, QLD, Australia
Duration: 8 Jul 200311 Jul 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2003
Volume1

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2003
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityCairns, QLD
Period8/07/0311/07/03

Keywords

  • BLUE
  • Estimation fusion
  • MSE
  • Sensor compression rule

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