期刊名称:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
印刷版ISSN:1550-1329
电子版ISSN:1550-1477
出版年度:2012
卷号:2012
DOI:10.1155/2012/741821
出版社:Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要:This paper addresses the problem of coordinating the motion of the nodes in a mobile sensor network for area coverage applications under RF communication limitations. During network evolution, the area sensed by the network increases until it reaches optimum configuration, while information for decision making is acquired distributively among the nodes via a prespecified number of hops. Unlike previous works, radio range is not demanded to be at least twice the sensing range, imposing an extra constraint in the overall problem setup. The proposed control scheme guarantees end-to-end RF connectivity of the network, while attaining optimum area coverage. Results are further verified via simulation studies.