EFFICIENT CHANNEL CODING SOLUTIONS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Abstract

The paper investigates the use of Concatenated Hamming Codes (CHC) in
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), focusing on error correction capabilities
and energy optimization. CHC, including both serial and parallel structures,
demonstrates a significant improvement in transmission reliability and
energy savings compared to using standalone Hamming codes, achieving a
BER of 10⁻⁶ with an Eb/No ratio of only 4.6dB. Simulation results show that
the parallel concatenation structure of CHC is more effective in error detection
and correction, while also minimizing energy consumption, making it suitable
for WSN applications that require high reliability and low energy usage.