Title: Towards augmented connectivity with delay constraints in WSN federation

Authors: Fadi M. Al-Turjman; Hossam S. Hassanein

Addresses: School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada. ' School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada; Department of Computer Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: Inconsiderate WSN federation can impose a major network delay. In this paper, we look into the problem of WSN federation while considering a restricted delay between the federated segments. Towards this end, we propose two schemes for relay node placement in federating WSNs: Connectivity-Based Placement (CBP) and Connectivity-Based Placement with Delay-constraint (CBP-D). CBP maximises the connectivity of the network without any delay considerations, while CBP-D maximises the network connectivity with an upper bound on the maximum delay. We model the disjoint segments of the network to be federated into graph vertices and populate first phase relays to establish a connected graph. Consequently, second phase relays are populated to maximise the graph connectivity while maintaining cost (in CBP) and delay constraints (in CBP-D). Simulation results show that our schemes maximise the network connectivity significantly as compared to existing placement schemes in WSN federation, in addition to guaranteeing a very limited delay.

Keywords: wireless sensor networks; WSNs; WSN federation; cost; relay node placement; Delaunay triangulation; augmented connectivity; delay constraints; wireless networks; network delays; network connectivity; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2012.050273

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2012 Vol.11 No.2/3, pp.97 - 108

Received: 24 Jan 2012
Accepted: 25 Jun 2012
Published online: 13 Nov 2012 *

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