Non-uniform Probabilistically Quantized Distributed Consensus Applied on Sensors Network

In order to improve the accuracy of distributed consensus under digital communication, in the paper, assuming the initial states of nodes following uniform distribution, a non-uniform quantization scheme based on probabilistic quantization is proposed, and the entire data range is divided based on mu -law non-uniform quantization scheme. The quantization step-size near the average of initial states is smaller, and the corresponding quantization errors are smaller. Base on the proposed quantization scheme, a non-uniform probabilistically quantized distributed consensus algorithm is proposed. The performance and the mean square errors of the non-uniform probabilistically quantized distributed consensus algorithm is analyzed, by analyses and simulations, the results show the non-uniform probabilistically quantized distributed consensus can reach a consensus, and the mean square error is far smaller than that of probabilistically quantized distributed consensus.