Mobile beacon node path scheme in arbitrary region for wireless sensor networks

Author

Feng Geng ; Shengjun Xue

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China

Volume

7

fYear

2011

fDate

12-14 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

3429

Lastpage

3433

Abstract

Localization with mobile beacons is one of the most efficient ways to deploy sensor nodes and locate them. However, most of the current mobile beacon-assisted localization algorithms only discuss the application in rectangular sensor region. In order to achieve the localization in arbitrary sensor region, a novel mobile beacon-assisted localization algorithm based on virtual force and ant colony algorithm for wireless sensor networks is presented. Experimental results show that the proposed localization can achieve a proper balance between localization accuracy and energy consumption.

Keywords

mobile radio; optimisation; sensor placement; wireless sensor networks; ant colony algorithm; arbitrary sensor region localization; energy consumption; mobile beacon node path scheme; mobile beacon-assisted localization algorithm; rectangular sensor region; virtual force; wireless sensor networks arbitrary region; Algorithm design and analysis; Force; Mathematical model; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Robot sensing systems; Trajectory; ant colony algorithm; node localization; virtual force; wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (EMEIT), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin, Heilongjiang

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-087-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMEIT.2011.6023821

Filename

6023821