Detecting Fault Location in Wireless Sensor Networks Using an Exploratory Method Based on Fuzzy Logic

Faults in wireless sensor networks have a significant security and economic impact on network function. Error occurrence and detecting the exact location of a fault in WSNs are from the main challenges on these networks. For detecting the exact fault location in WSNs, the cost of testing network components is the most important issue. In the paper, an exploratory method based on fuzzy logic is introduced by detecting fault location on WSNs. The main purpose is to decrease the cost of detecting fault location in WSNs. According to the obtained results from simulations, the presented method can reduce costs of detecting fault location and it has a better performance than similar methods.