Coverage algorithm and protocol in heterogeneous sensor networks

Authors:
Lu Su;Qing Yang;Quanlong Li;Xiaofei Xu
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Heilongjiang, P.R. China;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Heilongjiang, P.R. China;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Heilongjiang, P.R. China;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Heilongjiang, P.R. China
Venue:
ICCNMC'05 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Networking and Mobile Computing
Year:
2005

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Abstract

One fundamental issue in wireless sensor networks is the coverage problem. In heterogeneous sensor networks composed of different types of sensors, the difference of the sensing radius of nodes augments the computation difficulty of coverage degree. In this paper, we analyze the features of heterogeneous sensor networks and discuss the approaches to guarantee and calculate the coverage degree of the region deployed by heterogeneous sensor networks. Based on our analysis, a Distributed Coverage Optimization Algorithm by which each node in the network can determine whether it should be turn active/inactive is proposed. Simulation shows that our algorithm can make the extraneous nodes inactive and minimize the number of nodes need to remain active.