Paper Info
Title
Autonomous Deployment of Heterogeneous Mobile Sensors
Abstract
In this paper, we address the problem of deploying heterogeneous mobile sensors over a target area. Traditional approaches to mobile sensor deployment are specifically designed for homogeneous networks. Nevertheless, network and device homogeneity is an unrealistic assumption in most practical scenarios, and previous approaches fail when adopted in heterogeneous operative settings. For this reason, we introduce VorLag, a generalization of the Voronoi-based approach which exploits the Laguerre geometry. We theoretically prove the appropriateness of our proposal to the management of heterogeneous networks. In addition, we demonstrate that VorLag can be extended to deal with dynamically generated events or uneven energy depletion due to communications. Finally, by means of simulations, we show that VorLag provides a very stable sensor behavior, with fast and guaranteed termination and moderate energy consumption. We also show that VorLag performs better than its traditional counterpart and other methods based on virtual forces.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/TMC.2010.192
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
traditional approach,uneven energy depletion,heterogeneous operative setting,mobile sensor deployment,moderate energy consumption,heterogeneous mobile sensor,laguerre geometry,stable sensor behavior,autonomous deployment,heterogeneous network,traditional counterpart,heterogeneous mobile sensors,wireless sensor networks,force,mobile communication,data mining,geometry
Mobile computing,Software deployment,Homogeneous,Computer science,Computer network,Wireless sensor networks mobile communication,Wireless sensor network,Mobile telephony,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
6
1536-1233
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
21
0.76
23
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Novella Bartolini125021.87
Tiziana Calamoneri251146.80
t la porta32438.53
annalisa massini4210.76
S. Silvestri527529.61