Title
Maximizing lifetime and handling reliability in wireless sensor networks
Abstract
AbstractIn this article, we face the problem of ensuring reliability of a wireless sensor network which is monitoring a given set of points of interest while maximizing its lifetime i.e., the amount of time over which the monitoring activity can be performed. The two objectives are contrasting. Indeed, the traditional approach to achieve reliability involves providing redundant coverage, which, however, drastically reduces the network lifetime. We propose an alternative strategy where sensors adapt their sensing radii in response to failures to restore feasibility only when needed. We provide Column Generation exact algorithms for both the traditional approach and our variant, as well as a heuristic procedure for the coverage restoration phase. The advantages of our approach are shown by means of computational tests on a set of instances and failure simulations. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, Vol. 644, 321-338 2014
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1002/net.21578
Periodicals
Keywords
Field
DocType
wireless sensor networks,sensor failures,reliability,column generation
Information system,Key distribution in wireless sensor networks,Mathematical optimization,Column generation,Computer network,Software,Point of interest,Wireless sensor network,Reliability engineering,Mathematics,Heuristic procedure
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
64
4
0028-3045
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.50
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
R. Cerulli125223.85
Monica Gentili216712.60
A. Raiconi31319.68