Reliability Analysis of IoT Networks with Community Structures

• Published in: IEEE transactions on network science and engineering Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 304 - 315
• Main Authors: Mo, Yuchang, Xing, Liudong, Guo, Wenzhong, Cai, Shaobin, Zhang, Zhao, Jiang, Jianhui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.01.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: binary decision diagram; Binary decision diagrams; community structure; Complex networks; Complexity; Computer network reliability; Decision analysis; Electronic devices; Heuristic; Internet of Things; Internet of Things (IoT); Network reliability; Network theory (graphs); Networks; ordering heuristic; Reliability analysis; Reliability engineering; Smart grid; terminal-pair reliability

Network infrastructure and connectivity in the Internet of Things (IoT) applications are becoming increasingly complex and heterogeneous, opening up many challenges including reliability. Many real-world networks exhibit community structure, where the networked devices can be easily grouped into set...