Energy efficient area monitoring using information coverage in wireless sensor networks

Vashistha, S and Azad, AP and Chockalingam, A (2007) Energy efficient area monitoring using information coverage in wireless sensor networks. In: EEE International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, JUN 18-21, 2007, Espoo, Finland.

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Abstract

In this paper, we are concerned with energy efficient area monitoring using information coverage in wireless sensor networks, where collaboration among multiple sensors can enable accurate sensing of a point in a given area-to-monitor even if that point falls outside the physical coverage of all the sensors. We refer to any set of sensors that can collectively sense all points in the entire area-to-monitor as a full area information cover. We first propose a low-complexity heuristic algorithm to obtain full area information covers. Using these covers, we then obtain the optimum schedule for activating the sensing activity of various sensors that maximizes the sensing lifetime. The scheduling of sensor activity using the optimum schedules obtained using the proposed algorithm is shown to achieve significantly longer sensing lifetimes compared to those achieved using physical coverage. Relaxing the full area coverage requirement to a partial area coverage (e.g., 95% of area coverage as adequate instead of 100% area coverage) further enhances the lifetime.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Communication Engineering
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2010 10:46
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:57
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/26368

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