Collaborative Stepwise Movement of Mobile Sensor Nodes for Energy Efficient Dynamic Sensor Network Coverage Maintenance


The KIPS Transactions:PartC, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 535-542, Aug. 2009
10.3745/KIPSTC.2009.16.4.535,   PDF Download:

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices, using sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions. WSNs face the critical challenge of sustaining long-term operation on limited battery energy. Coverage maintenance has been proposed as a promising approach to prolong network lifetime. Mobile sensors equipped with communication devices can be leveraged to overcome the coverage problem. In this paper, we propose a stepwise movement scheme using perimeter coverage property for the coverage maintenance problem. In our scheme, each sensor monitors neighboring dead nodes, determines vulnerable node (i.e. dead node which makes uncovered area), computes the center of uncovered area HC, and makes a coordinated stepwise movement to compensate the uncovered area. In our experimental results, our scheme shows at least 50 % decrease in the total moving distance which determines the energy efficiency of mobile sensor.


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Cite this article
[IEEE Style]
N. S. Han and S. W. Kim, "Collaborative Stepwise Movement of Mobile Sensor Nodes for Energy Efficient Dynamic Sensor Network Coverage Maintenance," The KIPS Transactions:PartC, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 535-542, 2009. DOI: 10.3745/KIPSTC.2009.16.4.535.

[ACM Style]
Ngoc Soc Han and Seong Whan Kim. 2009. Collaborative Stepwise Movement of Mobile Sensor Nodes for Energy Efficient Dynamic Sensor Network Coverage Maintenance. The KIPS Transactions:PartC, 16, 4, (2009), 535-542. DOI: 10.3745/KIPSTC.2009.16.4.535.