Title :
Selection and Navigation of Mobile Sensor Nodes Using a Sensor Network
Author :
Verma, Atul ; Sawant, Hemjit ; Tan, Jindong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI
Abstract :
Hybrid sensor networks comprise of mobile and static sensor nodes setup for the purpose of collaboratively performing tasks like sensing a phenomenon or monitoring a region. In this paper, we present a novel approach for navigating a mobile sensor node (MSN) through such a hybrid sensor network. The static sensor nodes in the sensor network guide the MSN to the phenomenon. One or more MSN´s are selected based on their proximity to the detected phenomenon. Navigation is accomplished using the concepts of credit based field setup and navigation force from static sensor nodes. Our approach does not require any prior maps of the environment thus, cutting down the cost of the overall system. The simulation results have verified the effectiveness of the proposed approach. In each of the simulation runs, the static sensor nodes were able to successfully guide the MSN towards the phenomenon
Keywords :
distributed algorithms; mobile computing; mobile robots; navigation; wireless sensor networks; MSN; distributed algorithms; hybrid sensor networks; mobile sensor node navigation; simulation; static sensor nodes; Collaboration; Costs; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Multirobot systems; Navigation; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Sensor systems and applications; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing and Communications, 2005. PerCom 2005. Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kauai Island, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2299-8
DOI :
10.1109/PERCOM.2005.39
