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Optimal k-support coverage paths in wireless sensor networks

  • Illinois Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Coverage is a fundamental problem in wireless sensor networks since sensors may be spread in arbitrary manner. In this paper, we addressed the k-support coverage problem. Most of the existing works assume that the coverage degree is 1, i.e. every point in a certain path falls within the sensing range of at least one sensor node. In this work, we focus on the case when we require that every point on the path is covered by at least k sensors, while optimizing certain objectives. We give an optimal polynomial-time algorithm and prove that the time complexity of our algorithm is O(k2n2). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first polynomial time algorithm finding an optimum k coverage path in sensor networks with general sensing radius and general k.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication7th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2009
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)9781424433049
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event7th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2009 - Galveston, TX, United States
Duration: Mar 9 2009Mar 13 2009

Publication series

Name7th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2009

Conference

Conference7th Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, PerCom 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityGalveston, TX
Period03/9/0903/13/09

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