Multi-hop communication: Frog choruses inspire wireless sensor networks
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - 12:11
in Mathematics & Economics
Researchers looked to nature for inspiration in designing more effective wireless sensor networks. First, they recorded the vocal interplay of neighboring tree frog calls, which they found allowed trade-off time for individual communication, though this is interspersed with more random collective silence and choruses. They mathematically modeled these patterns and effectively applied their model toward the control of a wireless sensor network.