On the coverage problem in video-based wireless sensor networks

Stanislava Soro; Wendi B.  Heinzelman

2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

On the coverage problem in video-based wireless sensor networks

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    title={On the coverage problem in video-based wireless sensor networks},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
    year={2006},
    month={2},
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Stanislava Soro
Wendi B. Heinzelman
Year: 2006
On the coverage problem in video-based wireless sensor networks
BROADNETS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589704

Stanislava Soro^1,2^,*, Wendi B. Heinzelman^1,2^,*

1: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester
2: Rochester NY, 14627

*Contact email: soro@ece.rochester.edu , wheinzel@ece.rochester.edu

Abstract

Video-based wireless sensor networks continue to gain increasing interest due to their ability to collect visual information for a wide range of applications. However, knowledge about these types of networks is mostly related to visual algorithms, leaving the networking perspective aside. In this work, we analyze how an algorithm designed for traditional wireless sensor networks, which integrates the coverage and routing problem, behaves in video-based networks. Our results show that because of the unique way that cameras capture data, the sensor network algorithm does not give the expected results in terms of coverage preservation of monitored areas. We discuss the main differences between traditional wireless sensor networks and video-based networks that lead to such a result, and we provide ideas for how protocols should be designed for the unique features of video-based networks

Published: 2006-02-13
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589704