Distributed Multiple Hypothesis Testing in Sensor Networks Under Bandwidth Constraint

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of multiple hypothesis testing by a bandwidth and power constrained sensor network with a fusion center. We propose a scheme, where each sensor is restricted to send a 1-bit message to fusion center and the fusion center collates the bits sent by all the sensors and makes a decision about the hypothesis. We analyze the performance of our scheme and illustrate it with an example.