\title{Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks}
-\author{Ali Kadhum Idrees, Karine Deschinkel,\\ Michel Salomon, and Rapha\"el Couturier\\
-%\affiliation{
-FEMTO-ST Institute, UMR 6174 CNRS, University of Franche-Comt\'e,\\
- Belfort, France\\
-%}
-%\affiliation{\sup{2}Department of Computing, Main University, MySecondTown, MyCountry}
+\author{Ali Kadhum Idrees$^{a,b}$, Karine Deschinkel$^{a}$,\\ Michel Salomon$^{a}$, and Rapha\"el Couturier$^{a}$\\
+$^{a}$FEMTO-ST Institute, UMR 6174 CNRS, \\ University Bourgogne Franche-Comt\'e, Belfort, France\\
+$^{b}${\em{Department of Computer Science, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq}}\\
email: ali.idness@edu.univ-fcomte.fr,\\ $\lbrace$karine.deschinkel, michel.salomon, raphael.couturier$\rbrace$@univ-fcomte.fr}
-%\email{\{f\_author, s\_author\}@ips.xyz.edu, t\_author@dc.mu.edu}
+
+%\author{Ali Kadhum Idrees$^{a,b}$, Karine Deschinkel$^{a}$,\\ Michel Salomon$^{a}$, and Rapha\"el Couturier $^{a}$ \\
+%$^{a}${\em{FEMTO-ST Institute, UMR 6174 CNRS, University Bourgogne Franche-Comt\'e,\\ Belfort, France}} \\
+%$^{b}${\em{Department of Computer Science, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq}} }
\begin{document}
\maketitle
scheduling performed by each elected leader. This two-step process takes
place periodically, in order to choose a small set of nodes remaining active
for sensing during a time slot. Each set is built to ensure coverage at a low
- energy cost, allowing to optimize the network lifetime. %More precisely, a
+ energy cost, allowing to optimize the network lifetime.
+%More precisely, a
%period consists of four phases: (i)~Information Exchange, (ii)~Leader
%Election, (iii)~Decision, and (iv)~Sensing. The decision process, which
- results in an activity scheduling vector, is carried out by a leader node
- through the solving of an integer program.
+% results in an activity scheduling vector, is carried out by a leader node
+% through the solving of an integer program.
% MODIF - BEGIN
Simulations are conducted using the discret event simulator
OMNET++. We refer to the characterictics of a Medusa II sensor for
unpractical environments) or cost reasons. Therefore, it is desired that the
WSNs are deployed with high densities so as to exploit the overlapping sensing
regions of some sensor nodes to save energy by turning off some of them during
-the sensing phase to prolong the network lifetime.
+the sensing phase to prolong the network lifetime. \textcolor{blue}{A WSN can use various types of sensors such as \cite{ref17,ref19}: thermal, seismic, magnetic, visual, infrared, acoustic, and radar. These sensors are capable of observing different physical conditions such as: temperature, humidity, pressure, speed, direction, movement, light, soil makeup, noise levels, presence or absence of certain kinds of objects, and mechanical stress levels on attached objects. Consequently, there is a wide range of WSN applications such as~\cite{ref22}: health-care, environment, agriculture, public safety, military, transportation systems, and industry applications.}
In this paper we design a protocol that focuses on the area coverage problem
with the objective of maximizing the network lifetime. Our proposition, the
-Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization (DILCO) protocol, maintains the
+Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization (DiLCO) protocol, maintains the
coverage and improves the lifetime in WSNs. The area of interest is first
divided into subregions using a divide-and-conquer algorithm and an activity
scheduling for sensor nodes is then planned by the elected leader in each
paper we made more realistic simulations by taking into account the
characteristics of a Medusa II sensor ~\cite{raghunathan2002energy} to measure
the energy consumption and the computation time. We have implemented two other
-existing approaches (a distributed one, DESK ~\cite{ChinhVu}, and a centralized
-one called GAF ~\cite{xu2001geography}) in order to compare their performances
+existing \textcolor{blue}{and distributed approaches}(DESK ~\cite{ChinhVu}, and GAF ~\cite{xu2001geography}) in order to compare their performances
with our approach. We also focus on performance analysis based on the number of
subregions.
% MODIF - END
\label{main_idea}
\noindent We start by applying a divide-and-conquer algorithm to partition the
area of interest into smaller areas called subregions and then our protocol is
-executed simultaneously in each subregion.
+executed simultaneously in each subregion. \textcolor{blue}{Sensor nodes are assumed to
+be deployed almost uniformly over the region and the subdivision of the area of interest is regular.}
\begin{figure}[ht!]
\centering
protocol where each period is decomposed into 4~phases: Information Exchange,
Leader Election, Decision, and Sensing. For each period there will be exactly
one cover set in charge of the sensing task. A periodic scheduling is
-interesting because it enhances the robustness of the network against node
-failures. First, a node that has not enough energy to complete a period, or
+interesting because it enhances the robustness of the network against node failures.
+% \textcolor{blue}{Many WSN applications have communication requirements that are periodic and known previously such as collecting temperature statistics at regular intervals. This periodic nature can be used to provide a regular schedule to sensor nodes and thus avoid a sensor failure. If the period time increases, the reliability and energy consumption are decreased and vice versa}.
+First, a node that has not enough energy to complete a period, or
which fails before the decision is taken, will be excluded from the scheduling
process. Second, if a node fails later, whereas it was supposed to sense the
region of interest, it will only affect the quality of the coverage until the
An outline of the protocol implementation is given by Algorithm~\ref{alg:DiLCO}
which describes the execution of a period by a node (denoted by $s_j$ for a
sensor node indexed by $j$). At the beginning a node checks whether it has
-enough energy to stay active during the next sensing phase. If yes, it exchanges
+enough energy \textcolor{blue}{(its energy should be greater than a fixed treshold $E_{th}$)} to stay active during the next sensing phase. If yes, it exchanges
information with all the other nodes belonging to the same subregion: it
collects from each node its position coordinates, remaining energy ($RE_j$), ID,
-and the number of one-hop neighbors still alive. Once the first phase is
+and the number of one-hop neighbors still alive. \textcolor{blue}{INFO packet contains two parts: header and data payload. The sensor ID is included in the header, where the header size is 8 bits. The data part includes position coordinates (64 bits), remaining energy (32 bits), and the number of one-hop live neighbors (8 bits). Therefore the size of the INFO packet is 112 bits.} Once the first phase is
completed, the nodes of a subregion choose a leader to take the decision based
on the following criteria with decreasing importance: larger number of
neighbors, larger remaining energy, and then in case of equality, larger index.
-After that, if the sensor node is leader, it will execute the integer program
-algorithm (see Section~\ref{cp}) which provides a set of sensors planned to be
-active in the next sensing phase. As leader, it will send an Active-Sleep packet
+After that, if the sensor node is leader, it will solve an integer program
+(see Section~\ref{cp}). \textcolor{blue}{This integer program contains boolean variables $X_j$ where ($X_j=1$) means that sensor $j$ will be active in the next sensing phase. Only sensors with enough remaining energy are involved in the integer program ($J$ is the set of all sensors involved). As the leader consumes energy (computation energy, denoted by $E^{comp}$) to solve the optimization problem, it will be included in the integer program only if it has enough energy to achieve the computation and to stay alive during the next sensing phase, that is to say if $RE_j > E^{comp}+E_{th}$. Once the optimization problem is solved, each leader will send an Active-Sleep packet
to each sensor in the same subregion to indicate it if it has to be active or
-not. Alternately, if the sensor is not the leader, it will wait for the
-Active-Sleep packet to know its state for the coming sensing phase.
+not. Otherwise, if the sensor is not the leader, it will wait for the
+Active-Sleep packet to know its state for the coming sensing phase.}
+%which provides a set of sensors planned to be
+%active in the next sensing phase.
+
\begin{algorithm}[h!]
The objective function consists in minimizing the undercoverage and the overcoverage of the area as suggested in \cite{pedraza2006}.
The area coverage problem is expressed as the coverage of a fraction of points called primary points.
Details on the choice and the number of primary points can be found in \cite{idrees2014coverage}. The set of primary points is denoted by $P$
-and the set of sensors by $J$. As we consider a boolean disk coverage model, we use the boolean indicator $\alpha_{jp}$ which is equal to 1 if the primary point $p$ is in the sensing range of the sensor $j$. The binary variable $X_j$ represents the activation or not of the sensor $j$. So we can express the number of active sensors that cover the primary point $p$ by $\sum_{j \in J} \alpha_{jp} * X_{j}$. We deduce the overcoverage denoted by $\Theta_p$ of the primary point $p$ :
+and the set of alive sensors by $J$. As we consider a boolean disk coverage model, we use the boolean indicator $\alpha_{jp}$ which is equal to 1 if the primary point $p$ is in the sensing range of the sensor $j$. The binary variable $X_j$ represents the activation or not of the sensor $j$. So we can express the number of active sensors that cover the primary point $p$ by $\sum_{j \in J} \alpha_{jp} * X_{j}$. We deduce the overcoverage denoted by $\Theta_p$ of the primary point $p$ :
\begin{equation}
\Theta_{p} = \left \{
\begin{array}{l l}
\end{array}
\right.
\end{equation}
-The objective function is a weighted sum of overcoverage and undercoverage. The goal is to limit the overcoverage in order to activate a minimal number of sensors while simultaneously preventing undercoverage. Both weights $w_\theta$ and $w_U$ must be carefully chosen in
-order to guarantee that the maximum number of points are covered during each
-period.
+The objective function is a weighted sum of overcoverage and undercoverage. The goal is to limit the overcoverage in order to activate a minimal number of sensors while simultaneously preventing undercoverage. \textcolor{blue}{ By
+ choosing $w_{U}$ much larger than $w_{\theta}$, the coverage of a
+ maximum of primary points is ensured. Then for the same number of covered
+ primary points, the solution with a minimal number of active sensors is
+ preferred. }
+%Both weights $w_\theta$ and $w_U$ must be carefully chosen in
+%order to guarantee that the maximum number of points are covered during each
+%period.
% MODIF - END
\parskip 0pt
\begin{figure}[t!]
\centering
- \includegraphics[scale=0.45] {R/CR.pdf}
+ \includegraphics[scale=0.45] {CR.pdf}
\caption{Coverage ratio}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.45]{R/EC.pdf}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.45]{EC.pdf}
\caption{Energy consumption per period}
\label{fig95}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.45]{R/T.pdf}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.45]{T.pdf}
\caption{Execution time in seconds}
\label{fig8}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.45]{R/LT.pdf}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.45]{LT.pdf}
\caption{Network lifetime}
\label{figLT95}
\end{figure}
