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"Rearrangement of mobile wireless sensor nodes for coverage maximization based on immune node deployment algorithm"

Research Authors
Mohammed Abo-Zahhad, Sabah M. Ahmed, Nabil Sabor and Shigenobu Sasaki
Research Member
Research Department
Research Year
2015
Research Journal
Computers & Electrical Engineering
Research Publisher
Science direct, Elsevier
Research Vol
Vol. 43
Research Rank
1
Research_Pages
pp. 76-89
Research Website
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045790615001317
Research Abstract

One of the primary objectives of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is to provide full coverage of a sensing field as long as possible. The deployment strategy of sensor nodes in the sensor field is the most critical factor related to the network coverage. However, the traditional deployment methods can cause coverage holes in the sensing field. Therefore, this paper proposes a new deployment method based on Multi-objective Immune Algorithm (MIA) and binary sensing model to alleviate these coverage holes. MIA is adopted here to maximize the coverage area of WSN by rearranging the mobile sensors based on limiting their mobility within their communication range to preserve the connectivity among them. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with the previous algorithms using Matlab simulation for different network environments with and without obstacles. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm improves the coverage area and the mobility cost of WSN.