Aerial node placement in wireless sensor networks using Fuzzy K-means clustering

Author

Talgini, A. ; Shakarami, V. ; Sheikholeslam, F. ; Chatraei, A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Najafabad Univ., Najafabad, Iran

fYear

2014

fDate

24-25 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In wireless sensor networks (WSN), mobility or energy constraints of nodes can lead to network partitioning. In this paper, aerial platform (AP) was used as a relay node in order to provide full connectivity to a disconnected ground WSN. Moreover, the Fuzzy K-means clustering algorithm was used to find suitable locations for placing APs so that the number of APs would be minimized. The comparison of the results of the proposed algorithm with the optimal exhaustive search algorithm characterized it as nearly optimal.

Keywords

fuzzy systems; mobility management (mobile radio); relay networks (telecommunication); wireless sensor networks; aerial node placement; aerial platform; disconnected ground WSN; energy constraints; fuzzy K-means clustering; mobility; network partitioning; relay node; wireless sensor networks; Manganese; Monitoring; Software; Wireless sensor networks; Aerial platform; Fuzzy K-means clustering; Relay node placement; Wireless Sensor Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Commerce in Developing Countries: With Focus on e-Trust (ECDC), 2014 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mashhad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4634-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECDC.2014.6836767

Filename

6836767