+\contentsline {chapter}{Table of Contents}{4}{chapter*.1}
+\contentsline {chapter}{List of Figures}{6}{chapter*.2}
+\contentsline {chapter}{List of Tables}{7}{chapter*.3}
+\contentsline {chapter}{List of Algorithms}{9}{chapter*.4}
+\contentsline {chapter}{Introduction }{11}{chapter*.5}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.1}General Introduction}{11}{section.0.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.2}Motivation of the Dissertation}{12}{section.0.2}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.3}The Objective of this Dissertation}{12}{section.0.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.4}The main Contributions of this Dissertation}{13}{section.0.4}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {0.5}Dissertation Outline}{14}{section.0.5}
+\contentsline {part}{I\hspace {1em}Scientific Background}{15}{part.1}
+\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}Wireless Sensor Networks}{17}{chapter.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.1}Introduction}{17}{section.1.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.2}Wireless Sensor Network Architecture}{18}{section.1.2}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.3}Types of Wireless Sensor Networks}{20}{section.1.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.4}Wireless Sensor Network Applications}{22}{section.1.4}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.5}The Main Challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks}{25}{section.1.5}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.6}Energy-Efficient Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks}{27}{section.1.6}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.1}Energy-Efficient Routing:}{27}{subsection.1.6.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.1.1}Routing Metric based on Residual Energy:}{27}{subsubsection.1.6.1.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.1.2}Multipath Routing:}{28}{subsubsection.1.6.1.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.2}Cluster Architectures:}{28}{subsection.1.6.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.3}Scheduling Schemes:}{28}{subsection.1.6.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.3.1}Wake up Scheduling Schemes:}{29}{subsubsection.1.6.3.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.3.2}Topology Control Schemes:}{31}{subsubsection.1.6.3.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.4}Data-Driven Schemes:}{32}{subsection.1.6.4}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.4.1}Data Reduction Schemes}{32}{subsubsection.1.6.4.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.4.2}Energy Efficient Data Acquisition Schemes}{32}{subsubsection.1.6.4.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.5}Battery Repletion:}{33}{subsection.1.6.5}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.5.1}Energy Harvesting:}{33}{subsubsection.1.6.5.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.5.2}Wireless Charging:}{33}{subsubsection.1.6.5.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.6}Radio Optimization:}{33}{subsection.1.6.6}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.7}Relay nodes and Sink Mobility:}{33}{subsection.1.6.7}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.7.1}Relay node placement:}{33}{subsubsection.1.6.7.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.7.2}Sink Mobility:}{34}{subsubsection.1.6.7.2}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.7}Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks}{34}{section.1.7}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.8}Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks }{35}{section.1.8}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.9}Design Issues for Coverage Problems:}{36}{section.1.9}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.10}Energy Consumption Modeling:}{37}{section.1.10}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.11}Conclusion}{39}{section.1.11}
+\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Related Literatures}{41}{chapter.2}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.1}Introduction}{41}{section.2.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.2}Coverage Algorithms}{42}{section.2.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.1}Centralized Algorithms}{43}{subsection.2.2.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2.2}Distributed Algorithms}{45}{subsection.2.2.2}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.3}Conclusion}{48}{section.2.3}
+\contentsline {part}{II\hspace {1em}Contributions}{51}{part.2}
+\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks}{53}{chapter.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Summary}{53}{section.3.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Description of the DiLCO Protocol}{53}{section.3.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.1}Assumptions and Network Model}{53}{subsection.3.2.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.2}Primary Point Coverage Model}{54}{subsection.3.2.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.3}Main Idea}{55}{subsection.3.2.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3.1}Information Exchange Phase}{56}{subsubsection.3.2.3.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3.2}Leader Election Phase}{57}{subsubsection.3.2.3.2}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3.3}Decision phase}{57}{subsubsection.3.2.3.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.2.3.4}Sensing phase}{57}{subsubsection.3.2.3.4}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.3}Primary Points based Coverage Problem Formulation}{57}{section.3.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.4}Simulation Results and Analysis}{59}{section.3.4}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.1}Simulation Framework}{59}{subsection.3.4.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.2}Modeling Language and Optimization Solver}{60}{subsection.3.4.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.3}Energy Consumption Model}{60}{subsection.3.4.3}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.4}Performance Metrics}{61}{subsection.3.4.4}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.5}Performance Analysis for Different Subregions}{62}{subsection.3.4.5}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.6}Performance Analysis for Primary Point Models}{67}{subsection.3.4.6}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4.7}Performance Comparison with other Approaches}{71}{subsection.3.4.7}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.5}Conclusion}{76}{section.3.5}
+\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Multiround Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks}{79}{chapter.4}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.1}Summary}{79}{section.4.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.2}MuDiLCO Protocol Description}{79}{section.4.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.1}Background Idea and Algorithm}{80}{subsection.4.2.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2.2}Primary Points based Multiround Coverage Problem Formulation}{81}{subsection.4.2.2}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.3}Experimental Study and Analysis}{83}{section.4.3}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.1}Simulation Setup}{83}{subsection.4.3.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.2}Metrics}{84}{subsection.4.3.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3.3}Results Analysis and Comparison }{85}{subsection.4.3.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.4}Conclusion}{88}{section.4.4}
+\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}Perimeter-based Coverage Optimization to Improve Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks}{91}{chapter.5}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.1}summary}{91}{section.5.1}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.2}THE PeCO PROTOCOL DESCRIPTION}{91}{section.5.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.1}Assumptions and Models}{91}{subsection.5.2.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.2}The Main Idea}{94}{subsection.5.2.2}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.3}PeCO Protocol Algorithm}{95}{subsection.5.2.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.3}Perimeter-based Coverage Problem Formulation}{96}{section.5.3}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.4}Performance Evaluation and Analysis}{98}{section.5.4}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.1}Simulation Settings}{98}{subsection.5.4.1}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4.2}Simulation Results}{99}{subsection.5.4.2}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.4.2.1}Coverage Ratio}{99}{subsubsection.5.4.2.1}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.4.2.2}Active Sensors Ratio}{100}{subsubsection.5.4.2.2}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.4.2.3}The Energy Consumption}{100}{subsubsection.5.4.2.3}
+\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {5.4.2.4}The Network Lifetime}{100}{subsubsection.5.4.2.4}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.5}Conclusion}{101}{section.5.5}
+\contentsline {part}{III\hspace {1em}Conclusion and Perspectives}{105}{part.3}
+\contentsline {part}{Bibliographie}{117}{chapter*.6}
