ICASSP 2006 - May 15-19, 2006 - Toulouse, France

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Paper:SPCOM-P5.1
Session:Synchronization
Time:Wednesday, May 17, 10:00 - 12:00
Presentation: Poster
Topic: Signal Processing for Communication: Distributed and collaborative signal processing
Title: GLOBAL STABILITY OF A POPULATION OF MUTUALLY COUPLED OSCILLATORS REACHING GLOBAL ML ESTIMATE THROUGH A DECENTRALIZED APPROACH
Authors: Sergio Barbarossa, Gesualdo Scutari, Loreto Pescosolido, Universitá degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Abstract: The mathematical models of populations of mutually coupled oscillators having self-synchronization capabilities are a powerful tool for designing sensor networks with high energy efficiency, fault tolerance and scalability. In this work, we derive the conditions for the existence the asymptotic stability of the equilibrium of a system capable to provide maximum likelihood estimates through only local coupling and without the need for a fusion center, provided that the whole network observes the same phenomenon. Interestingly, we show that the network global consensus capability is strictly related to the network topology. Finally we test the performance taking into account propagation delays and possible parameter fluctuations among the network nodes.



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