Research Article
A Distributed Self-Deployment Method for Coverage Optimization in Mobile Sensor Network
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158279, author={Zhiliang Tu and Qiang Wang and Yi Shen}, title={A Distributed Self-Deployment Method for Coverage Optimization in Mobile Sensor Network}, proceedings={6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={CHINACOM}, year={2012}, month={3}, keywords={flocking mobile sensor network sensor deployment triangle tessellation}, doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158279} }- Zhiliang Tu
Qiang Wang
Yi Shen
Year: 2012
A Distributed Self-Deployment Method for Coverage Optimization in Mobile Sensor Network
CHINACOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158279
Abstract
This paper proposes a novel use of flocking algorithms for distributed realization of sensor deployment in homogeneous mobile sensor networks. We address the mobile sensor deployment problem under three situations. In the first situation, sensors are redeployed uniformly around the target of interest(TOI) and the network approximates a configuration which consists of equilateral triangle tessellations. In the second situation, sensors can be relocated according to a weight function while in the last situation, sensors can relocate to adjust internode distances based on local measurement data hence to enhance monitoring quality. Simulation results demonstrate the proposed algorithm can achieve reliable and satisfactory deployment.
