Title :
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
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);
Conference_Titel :
Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM), 2010 Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7538-4
DOI :
10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2010.96
