Survey on Coverage Control with Mobile Elements in Wireless Sensor Networks

在无线传感器网络中,节点能量限制、硬件以及通信链路故障等问题,造成网络空洞的产生且影响了网络的正常运作,因此如何确保网络覆盖率成为传感器网络中需; 要解决的重要问题.近年来,通过引入移动节点来进行覆盖控制,提高传感器网络的覆盖率成为一个新的研究趋势.本文通过充分调研利用移动节点进行网络覆盖控; 制的方法,并对其进行了分类和比较,归纳了移动式网络覆盖的各种方法的特点,分析这些方法的性能和适用范围,总结存在的主要问题,并指出未来的研究方向.Due to the existence problems of energy depletion,hardware failure and; communication link failure and so on,which causes network holes and; affects the normal network operation. The insurance of coverage becomes; an urgent issue in wireless sensor networks. In recent years, a new; research trend is to utilize mobile nodes for coverage control, which; increases the coverage of wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we; have a comprehensive investigation about the current major topology; control methods with mobile nodes,and summarize the characteristics of; mobile topology control methods via classification and comparison of; these methods. Finally,we analyze the performances and the application; scopes of these methods, summarize the main problems,and point out the; future research directions.国家自然科学基金重点项目; 国家科技支撑计划项目; 国家自然科学基金项目; 福建省科技计划重点项

An Energy-Efficient Motion Strategy for Mobile Sensors in Mixed Wireless Sensor Networks

The mixed wireless sensor networks that are composed of a mixture of mobile and static sensors are the tradeoff between cost and coverage. To provide the required high coverage, the mobile sensors have to move from dense areas to sparse areas. However, where to move and how to move are important issues for mobile sensors. This paper presents a centralized algorithm to assist the movement of mobile sensors. In this algorithm, the management node of the WSN collected the geographical information of all of the static and mobile sensors. Then, the management node executed the algorithm to get the best matches between mobile sensors and coverage holes. Simulation results show the effectiveness of our algorithm, in terms of saving energy and the load balance