Density-varying high-end sensor placement in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks

Xiaojiang Du, Xue Liu, Yang Xiao

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Abstract

To achieve better performance, we adopt a Heterogeneous Sensor Network (HSN) model. In many applications, the locations of some sensor nodes are controllable. In this paper, first we propose a novel density-varying deployment scheme for high-end sensors (H-sensors) in an HSN. The scheme solves the bottleneck problem in typical many-to-one sensor networks. We then study the optimal placement of H-sensors whose locations are controllable. The goal is to use the minimum number of H-sensors for ensuring successful data delivery, coverage and connectivity in a network for a given lifetime. We present an effective H-sensor placement scheme that can simultaneously achieve coverage, connectivity and data relay requirements while uses a small number of H-sensors. Both theoretical proofs and simulation results demonstrate that the proposed H-sensor placement scheme achieves very good performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009 - Dresden, Germany
Duration: 14 Jun 200918 Jun 2009

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)0536-1486

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDresden
Period14/06/0918/06/09

Keywords

  • Heterogeneous sensor networks
  • Optimization
  • Sensor deployment

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