A Two-Phase Coverage-Enhancing Algorithm for Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 117
• Main Authors: Zhang, Qingguo, Fok, Mable P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 09.01.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Algorithms; area coverage; differential evolution; Energy consumption; hybrid wireless sensor network; Mathematical analysis; mobile sensor; Networks; Position sensing; Remote sensors; Sensors; static sensor; Tasks; Wireless networks; differential evolution; hybrid wireless sensor network; mobile sensor; static sensor; area coverage

Providing field coverage is a key task in many sensor network applications. In certain scenarios, the sensor field may have coverage holes due to random initial deployment of sensors; thus, the desired level of coverage cannot be achieved. A hybrid wireless sensor network is a cost-effective solutio...