Title :
Mobile sensors networks: a distributed solution to the area coverage problem
Author :
Giamberardino, Paolo Di ; Gabriele, Simone
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Syst. Sci. "Antonio Ruberti", Univ. of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome
Abstract :
The paper deals with mobile sensor networks and the related problem of area coverage. A distributed solution to the motion planning of the moving sensors for dynamic area coverage is given and compared to a global one. The distributed approach, despite its lower performances w.r.t. the global one, shows several advantages, from reduced computational costs to lighter communication traffic and then lower energetic costs. Simulation results show some of such advantages and put in evidence the effectiveness of the proposed solution.
Keywords :
mobile radio; telecommunication traffic; wireless sensor networks; area coverage problem; communication traffic; dynamic area coverage; mobile sensors networks; motion planning; moving sensors; Area measurement; Automatic control; Chemical hazards; Chemical sensors; Coordinate measuring machines; Costs; Event detection; Intelligent sensors; Sensor systems; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation, 2008 16th Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2504-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2505-1
DOI :
10.1109/MED.2008.4602204
