ROAL: A Randomly Ordered Activation and Layering Protocol for Ensuring K-Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • K-coverage in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is defined as ensuring that every point in the area is monitored by at least K different sensor nodes. In this paper, we propose a new K-coverage algorithm for sensor networks, called Randomly Ordered Activation and Layering (ROAL), that solves the K-coverage problem in a small constant time in a distributed manner while providing simple and efficient dynamic reconfiguration for the WSNs. The simulation results show that the ROAL can guarantee K-coverage with the uncovered area less than 5% when a sufficient number of sensor nodes are provided, and that the lifetime of the sensor network is significantly extended by more than 400%. © 2007 IEEE.

name of conference

  • 2007 Third International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC'07)

published proceedings

  • 2007 Third International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC'07)

author list (cited authors)

  • Kim, H., Kim, E. J., & Yum, K. H.

citation count

  • 11

complete list of authors

  • Kim, Hogil||Kim, Eun Jung||Yum, Ki Hwan

publication date

  • March 2007