A solution to sensor network coverage problem

Author

Singh, M.P. ; Gore, M.M.

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. & Eng. Dept., Motilal Nehru Nat. Inst. of Technol., Allahabad, India

fYear

2005

fDate

23-25 Jan. 2005

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

80

Abstract

The coverage problem is one of the basic issues in sensor network, which reflects not only the lifetime of the sensor network, but also how well the target activity area is monitored by sensor nodes. The article proposes a solution to this problem. The goal is to determine whether or not every point in the sensor network area is covered by the communication range of the sensor nodes. Further, the solution also presents how many neighbour sensor nodes fully cover the communication range of every sensor node. We present coverage topology and its mathematical foundation.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; quality of service; telecommunication network topology; wireless sensor networks; communication range; coverage topology; mathematical foundation; neighbour sensor nodes; quality-of-service; sensor network coverage problem; sensor network lifetime; target activity area; wireless ad-hoc networks; Acoustic sensors; Ad hoc networks; Fault tolerance; Intelligent sensors; Monitoring; Network topology; Peer to peer computing; Surveillance; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal Wireless Communications, 2005. ICPWC 2005. 2005 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8964-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWC.2005.1431305

Filename

1431305