-provide nearly or close to optimal solution since the algorithm has global view
-of the whole network. But such a method has the disadvantage of requiring high
-communication costs, since the node (located at the base station) making the
-decision needs information from all the sensor nodes in the area and the amount
-of information can be huge. {\it In order to be suitable for large-scale
- network, in the LiCO protocol, the area of interest is divided into several
- smaller subregions, and in each one, a node called the leader is in charge for
- selecting the active sensors for the current period.}
-
-A large variety of coverage scheduling algorithms has been developed. Many of
-the existing algorithms, dealing with the maximization of the number of cover
-sets, are heuristics. These heuristics involve the construction of a cover set
-by including in priority the sensor nodes which cover critical targets, that is
-to say targets that are covered by the smallest number of sensors
-\cite{berman04,zorbas2010solving}. Other approaches are based on mathematical
+provide nearly or close to optimal solution since the algorithm has a global
+view of the whole network. The disadvantage of a centralized method is obviously
+its high cost in communications needed to transmit to a single node, the base
+station which will globally schedule nodes activities, data from all the other
+sensor nodes in the area. The price in comunications can be very huge since
+long range communications will be needed. In faxt the larger the WNS, the higher
+the communication and thus energy cost. {\it In order to be suitable for
+ large-scale networks, in the LiCO protocol the area of interest is divided
+ into several smaller subregions, and in each one, a node called the leader is
+ in charge for selecting the active sensors for the current period. Thus our
+ protocol is scalable and a globally distributed method, whereas it is
+ centralized in each subregion.}
+
+Various coverage scheduling algorithms have been developed this last years.
+Many of them, dealing with the maximization of the number of cover sets, are
+heuristics. These heuristics involve the construction of a cover set by
+including in priority the sensor nodes which cover critical targets, that is to
+say targets that are covered by the smallest number of sensors
+\cite{berman04,zorbas2010solving}. Other approaches are based on mathematical