Publications by Razvan Cristescu

Network Correlated Data Gathering with Explicit Communication: NP-Completeness and Algorithms

We consider the problem of correlated data gathering by a network with a sink node and a tree based communication structure, where the goal is to minimize the total trans- mission cost of transporting the information collected by the nodes, to the sink nod ...

2006

Power-Efficient Sensor Placement and Transmission Structure for Data Gathering under Distortion Constraints

Razvan Cristescu

We consider the joint optimization of sensor placement and transmission structure for data gathering, where a given number of nodes need to be placed in a field such that the sensed data can be reconstructed at a sink within specified distortion bounds whi ...

2006

Lossy Network Correlated Data Gathering with High-Resolution Coding

Razvan Cristescu

Sensor networks measuring correlated data are considered, where the task is to gather data from the network nodes to a sink. A specific scenario is addressed, where data at nodes are lossy coded with high-resolution, and the information measured by the nod ...

2006

Networked Slepian-Wolf: Theory, Algorithms and Scaling Laws

Martin Vetterli, Razvan Cristescu

Consider a set of correlated sources located at the nodes of a network, and a set of sinks that are the destinations for some of the sources. The minimization of cost functions which are the product of a function of the rate and a function of the path weig ...

2005

Adaptive Distributed Algorithms for Power-Efficient Data Gathering in Sensor Networks

Razvan Cristescu, Jugoslava Acimovic

In this work, we consider the problem of designing adaptive distributed processing algorithms in large sensor networks that are efficient in terms of minimizing the total power spent for gathering the spatially correlated data from the sensor nodes to a si ...

2005

Efficient Distributed Multiresolution Processing for Data Gathering in Sensor Networks

Razvan Cristescu, Jugoslava Acimovic

We consider large sensor networks where the cost of collecting data from the network nodes to the data gathering sink is critical.~We propose several algorithms that use limited local communication and distributed signal processing to make communication mo ...

2005

Power Control for Target Tracking in Sensor Networks

Razvan Cristescu, Jean-Paul Wagner

We consider the problem of a sensor network tracking a moving target that exhibits a Markov model of mobility. The sensor nodes have adjustable power levels and the precision of the measurement of the target location depends on both the relative distance f ...

2005