Title: Rotation based coverage control algorithm and protocol for heterogeneous sensor networks

Authors: Quanlong Li; Qing Yang; Lu Su

Addresses: School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China ' Gianforte School of Computing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59718, USA ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA

Abstract: To satisfy the coverage requirements in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), redundant sensors are usually deployed, which may cause unnecessary energy consumption on sensor nodes. To address this challenge, we propose a novel distributed rotation-based coverage (RBC) control strategy for heterogeneous sensor networks. This strategy only need to analyse a few special points' coverage to determine each sensor node's working schedule, and thus can significantly reduce the complexity of coverage computation. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed coverage control algorithm and protocol can outperform prior work in terms of not only the energy saving but also the energy balancing.

Keywords: RBC; rotation-based coverage; coverage control; WSNs; wireless sensor networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2018.092616

International Journal of Sensor Networks, 2018 Vol.27 No.2, pp.117 - 127

Received: 11 May 2016
Accepted: 03 Feb 2017
Published online: 26 Jun 2018 *

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