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Barrier coverage using sensors with offsets

  • Haosheng Fan*
  • , Victor C.S. Lee
  • , Minming Li
  • , Xiao Zhang
  • , Yingchao Zhao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

One of the most fundamental tasks of wireless sensor networks is to provide coverage of barrier, which focuses on detecting intruders crossing a specific region. Suppose that all sensors are dropped from an aircraft along a given line interval, and each sensor has circular coverage range of arbitrary radii. Due to the environmental factors, the sensors will be distributed along the deployment line interval with random offsets. We study the barrier coverage problem with line-based offsets deployments by a set of wireless sensors with adjustable coverage ranges. The objective is to find a range assignment with the minimum cost. In this paper, we present a constant-approximation algorithm and two fully polynomial time approximation schemes (FPTASes) for the barrier coverage by using sensors with offsets under a linear cost function on the sensor’s range. We also show the performance of the approximation algorithms by experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications - 9th International Conference, WASA 2014, Proceedings
EditorsZhipeng Cai, Chaokun Wang, Siyao Cheng, Hongzhi Wang, Hong Gao
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages389-400
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783319077819
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event9th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications, WASA 2014 - Harbin, China
Duration: 23 Jun 201425 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8491
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications, WASA 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period23/06/1425/06/14

Keywords

  • Approximation algorithm
  • Barrier coverage
  • Wireless sensor networks

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