Proposal for Autonomous Decentralized Structure Formation Based on Local Interaction and Back-Diffusion Potential

Chisa TAKANO  Masaki AIDA  Masayuki MURATA  Makoto IMASE  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E95-B   No.5   pp.1529-1538
Publication Date: 2012/05/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E95.B.1529
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Frontiers of Information Network Science)
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Keyword: 
autonomous decentralized control,  diffusion equation,  clustering,  network configuration,  structure formation,  local interaction,  

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Summary: 
Clustering technology is very important in ad hoc networks and sensor networks from the view point of reducing the traffic load and energy consumption. In this paper, we propose a new structure formation mechanism as a tool for clustering. It meets the key clustering requirements including the use of an autonomous decentralized algorithm and a consideration of the situation of individual nodes. The proposed mechanism follows the framework of autonomous decentralized control based on local interaction, in which the behavior of the whole system is indirectly controlled by appropriately designing the autonomous actions of the subsystems. As an application example, we demonstrate autonomous decentralized clustering for a two-dimensional lattice network model, and the characteristics and adaptability of the proposed method are shown. In particular, the clusters produced can reflect the environmental situation of each node given by the initial condition.