Performance Analysis of Sensor Placement Strategies on a Wireless Sensor Network

Author

Abbasy, Majid Bayani ; Barrantes, Gabriela ; Marin, Gabriela

Author_Institution

Escuela Inf., Univ. Nac. de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

fYear

2010

fDate

18-25 July 2010

Firstpage

609

Lastpage

617

Abstract

The positioning of nodes in a sensor network has an effect in its performance. In this paper, two predefined configurations are compared to the random distribution to gauge the magnitude of the effect on energy consumption of each type of sensor allocation. The experiments assume a flat, obstacle free, rectangular field, with Directed Diffusion used as routing protocol, and random different positions for the querying entity (sink) and the event location in the field. The results confirm that in an environment such as this, it is worth investing in the uniform positioning of sensors as they offer a significant performance gain.

Keywords

energy consumption; routing protocols; wireless sensor networks; directed diffusion; energy consumption; node positioning; performance analysis; routing protocol; sensor allocation; sensor placement strategy; wireless sensor network; Aggregates; Batteries; Energy consumption; Power demand; Resource management; Stress; Wireless sensor networks; Sensor placement strategy; WSN performance; Wireless Sensor Network (WSN);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM), 2010 Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Venice

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7538-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2010.96

Filename

5558097