Power-aware Node Deployment in Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Authors:
  • Yunhuai Liu;Hoilun Ngan;Lionel M. Ni

  • Affiliations:
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong;Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong;Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

  • Venue:
  • SUTC '06 Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing -Vol 1 (SUTC'06) - Volume 01
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Sensor networks have attracted intensive interests due to its extendable capability. In this paper, we attempt to answer a fundamental but practical question:" how should we deploy these nodes?" In most current designs, sensors are randomly or uniformly distributed because of their simplicity. However, the node deployment has a great impact to the wireless systems. It in essential highlights an open issue that, instead of maintaining the coverage for some snapshots of the network, how we can provide a continuous coverage in the whole lifecycle of the wireless sensor networks. We will exhibit the weakness of the uniform distribution by disclosing the fatal Sink routing-hole problem. To address this problem, we propose a non-uniform, power-aware distribution scheme. Our analysis and simulation results show that the Power-aware deployment scheme can significantly improve the long-termed network connectivity and service quality.