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-\contentsline {chapter}{List of Figures}{vii}{chapter*.2}
-\contentsline {chapter}{List of Tables}{ix}{chapter*.3}
-\contentsline {chapter}{List of Algorithms}{xi}{chapter*.4}
-\contentsline {part}{I\hspace {1em}Scientific Background}{xiii}{part.1}
+\contentsline {chapter}{Table of Contents}{viii}{chapter*.1}
+\contentsline {chapter}{List of Figures}{x}{chapter*.2}
+\contentsline {chapter}{List of Tables}{xi}{chapter*.3}
+\contentsline {chapter}{List of Algorithms}{xiii}{chapter*.4}
+\contentsline {chapter}{Introduction }{xv}{chapter*.5}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.1}General Introduction}{xv}{section.0.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.2}Motivation of the Dissertation}{xvi}{section.0.2}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.3}The Objective of this Dissertation}{xvi}{section.0.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.4}Main Contributions of this Dissertation}{xvii}{section.0.4}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.5}Dissertation Outline}{xviii}{section.0.5}
+\contentsline {part}{I\hspace {1em}Scientific Background}{xix}{part.1}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}Wireless Sensor Networks}{1}{chapter.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.1}Introduction}{1}{section.1.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.2}Wireless Sensor Network Architecture}{2}{section.1.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.2}Distributed Algorithms}{29}{subsection.2.2.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.3}Conclusion}{32}{section.2.3}
\contentsline {part}{II\hspace {1em}Contributions}{35}{part.2}
-\contentsline {part}{III\hspace {1em}Conclusions and Perspectives}{37}{part.3}
-\contentsline {part}{Bibliographie}{47}{chapter*.5}
+\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks}{37}{chapter.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Summary}{37}{section.3.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}DESCRIPTION OF THE DILCO PROTOCOL}{37}{section.3.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.1}Assumptions and Network Model}{37}{subsection.3.2.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.2}Primary Point Coverage Model}{38}{subsection.3.2.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.3}Main Idea}{39}{subsection.3.2.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3.1}Information Exchange Phase}{40}{subsubsection.3.2.3.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3.2}Leader Election Phase}{41}{subsubsection.3.2.3.2}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3.3}Decision phase}{41}{subsubsection.3.2.3.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3.4}Sensing phase}{41}{subsubsection.3.2.3.4}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.3}COVERAGE PROBLEM FORMULATION}{41}{section.3.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.4}Simulation Results and Analysis}{43}{section.3.4}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.1}Simulation Framework}{43}{subsection.3.4.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.2}Performance Metrics}{44}{subsection.3.4.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.3}Performance Analysis for Different Subregions}{45}{subsection.3.4.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.3.1}Coverage Ratio}{45}{subsubsection.3.4.3.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.3.2}Active Sensors Ratio}{46}{subsubsection.3.4.3.2}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.3.3}The percentage of stopped simulation runs}{47}{subsubsection.3.4.3.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.3.4}The Energy Consumption}{47}{subsubsection.3.4.3.4}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.3.5}Execution Time}{49}{subsubsection.3.4.3.5}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.3.6}The Network Lifetime}{49}{subsubsection.3.4.3.6}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.4}Performance Analysis for Primary Point Models}{50}{subsection.3.4.4}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.4.1}Coverage Ratio}{51}{subsubsection.3.4.4.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.4.2}Active Sensors Ratio}{51}{subsubsection.3.4.4.2}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.4.3}The percentage of stopped simulation runs}{52}{subsubsection.3.4.4.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.4.4}The Energy Consumption}{53}{subsubsection.3.4.4.4}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.4.5}Execution Time}{54}{subsubsection.3.4.4.5}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.4.6}The Network Lifetime}{54}{subsubsection.3.4.4.6}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.5}Performance Comparison with other Approaches}{56}{subsection.3.4.5}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.5.1}Coverage Ratio}{56}{subsubsection.3.4.5.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.5.2}Active Sensors Ratio}{57}{subsubsection.3.4.5.2}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.5.3}The percentage of stopped simulation runs}{57}{subsubsection.3.4.5.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.5.4}The Energy Consumption}{58}{subsubsection.3.4.5.4}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.4.5.5}The Network Lifetime}{59}{subsubsection.3.4.5.5}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.5}Conclusion}{60}{section.3.5}
+\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Multiround Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks}{63}{chapter.4}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.1}Summary}{63}{section.4.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.2}MuDiLCO protocol description}{63}{section.4.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.1}Background Idea}{63}{subsection.4.2.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.2}Information Exchange Phase}{64}{subsection.4.2.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.3}Leader Election phase}{64}{subsection.4.2.3}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.4}Decision phase}{65}{subsection.4.2.4}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.5}Sensing phase}{66}{subsection.4.2.5}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.3}Experimental Study and Analysis}{66}{section.4.3}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.1}Simulation Setup}{66}{subsection.4.3.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.2}Metrics}{68}{subsection.4.3.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.3}Results analysis and Comparison }{69}{subsection.4.3.3}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.4}Coverage ratio}{69}{subsection.4.3.4}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.5}Active sensors ratio}{69}{subsection.4.3.5}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.6}Stopped simulation runs}{70}{subsection.4.3.6}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.7}Energy consumption}{70}{subsection.4.3.7}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.8}Execution time}{72}{subsection.4.3.8}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.9}Network lifetime}{72}{subsection.4.3.9}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.4}Conclusion}{73}{section.4.4}
+\contentsline {part}{III\hspace {1em}Conclusions and Perspectives}{75}{part.3}
+\contentsline {part}{Bibliographie}{85}{chapter*.6}
