A simple method to reach detection consensus in massively distributed sensor networks
Hong, Y.-W.; Cheow, L.F.; Scaglione, A.
Information Theory, 2004. ISIT 2004. Proceedings. International Symposium on
Volume , Issue , 27 June-2 July 2004 Page(s): 250 -
Digital Object Identifier   10.1109/ISIT.2004.1365288
Summary: A bio-inspired distributed detection protocol is proposed where the synchronization of pulsing devices is used to reach a consensus in the decision among sensor nodes. Each node encodes the local decision into their pulsing time and reaches an agreement when the pulsing instants converge to a common value. The protocol has low complexity and scales favorably with the size of the network. In fact, we prove that the probability of detection asymptotically goes to 1 as the number of sensors goes to infinity.

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