Optimally fast data gathering in sensor networks

  • Authors:
  • Luisa Gargano;Adele A. Rescigno

  • Affiliations:
  • Dip. di Informatica ed Applicazioni, Universitá di Salerno, Baronissi, Italy;Dip. di Informatica ed Applicazioni, Universitá di Salerno, Baronissi, Italy

  • Venue:
  • MFCS'06 Proceedings of the 31st international conference on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Efficient data gathering in sensor network is an important challenge. In this paper we address the problem of gathering sensed data to the sink of a sensor network minimizing the time to complete the process. We present optimal time data gathering algorithms for any type of topology of a sensor network. Our results improve on existing approximation algorithms. We approach the gathering problem by obtaining optimal solutions to the collision-free paths coloring problem.