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the scheduling strategy for energy-efficient coverage.
Section~\ref{cp} gives the coverage model formulation which is used to
schedule the activation of sensors. Section~\ref{exp} shows the
-simulation results obtained using the discrete event simulator on
-OMNeT++ \cite{varga}. They fully demonstrate the usefulness of the
+simulation results obtained using the discrete event simulator OMNeT++ \cite{varga}. They fully demonstrate the usefulness of the
proposed approach. Finally, we give concluding remarks and some
suggestions for future works in Section~\ref{sec:conclusion}.
work~\cite{Cardei:2005:IWS:1160086.1160098}. In~\cite{berman04}, the
authors have formulated the lifetime problem and suggested another
(LP) technique to solve this problem. A centralized solution based on the Garg-K\"{o}nemann
-algorithm~\cite{garg98}, probably near
+algorithm~\cite{garg98}, provably near
the optimal solution, is also proposed.
{\bf Our contribution}
\subsection{Information exchange phase}
Each sensor node $j$ sends its position, remaining energy $RE_j$, and
-the number of local neighbors $NBR_j$ to all wireless sensor nodes in
+the number of local neighbours $NBR_j$ to all wireless sensor nodes in
its subregion by using an INFO packet and then listens to the packets
sent from other nodes. After that, each node will have information
about all the sensor nodes in the subregion. In our model, the
select WSNL. The nodes in the same subregion will select the leader
based on the received information from all other nodes in the same
subregion. The selection criteria in order of priority are: larger
-number of neighbors, larger remaining energy, and then in case of
+number of neighbours, larger remaining energy, and then in case of
equality, larger index.
\subsection{Decision phase}
sensing in the round (1 if yes and 0 if not);
\item $\Theta_{p}$ : {\it overcoverage}, the number of sensors minus
one that are covering the primary point $p$;
-\item $U_{p}$ : {\it undercoverage}, indicates whether or not the principal point
+\item $U_{p}$ : {\it undercoverage}, indicates whether or not the primary point
$p$ is being covered (1 if not covered and 0 if covered).
\end{itemize}
\parskip 0pt
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.55]{TheCoverageRatio150.eps} %\\~ ~ ~(a)
+\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{TheCoverageRatio150g.eps} %\\~ ~ ~(a)
\caption{The impact of the number of rounds on the coverage ratio for 150 deployed nodes}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}
It is important to have as few active nodes as possible in each round,
in order to minimize the communication overhead and maximize the
network lifetime. This point is assessed through the Active Sensors
-Ratio, which is defined as follows:
+Ratio (ASR), which is defined as follows:
\begin{equation*}
\scriptsize
\mbox{ASR}(\%) = \frac{\mbox{Number of active sensors
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.55]{TheActiveSensorRatio150.eps} %\\~ ~ ~(a)
+\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{TheActiveSensorRatio150g.eps} %\\~ ~ ~(a)
\caption{The impact of the number of rounds on the active sensors ratio for 150 deployed nodes }
\label{fig4}
\end{figure}
\subsection{The impact of the number of rounds on the energy saving ratio}
In this experiment, we consider a performance metric linked to energy.
-This metric, called Energy Saving Ratio, is defined by:
+This metric, called Energy Saving Ratio (ESR), is defined by:
\begin{equation*}
\scriptsize
\mbox{ESR}(\%) = \frac{\mbox{Number of alive sensors during this round}}
%\centering
% \begin{multicols}{6}
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.55]{TheEnergySavingRatio150.eps} %\\~ ~ ~(a)
+\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{TheEnergySavingRatio150g.eps} %\\~ ~ ~(a)
\caption{The impact of the number of rounds on the energy saving ratio for 150 deployed nodes}
\label{fig5}
\end{figure}
performing one, since it takes longer to have the two subregion networks
simultaneously disconnected.
-\subsection{The number of stopped simulation runs}
+\subsection{The percentage of stopped simulation runs}
-We will now study the number of simulations which stopped due to
+We will now study the percentage of simulations which stopped due to
network disconnections per round for each of the three approaches.
-Figure~\ref{fig6} illustrates the average number of stopped simulation
+Figure~\ref{fig6} illustrates the percentage of stopped simulation
runs per round for 150 deployed nodes. It can be observed that the
simple heuristic is the approach which stops first because the nodes
are randomly chosen. Among the two proposed strategies, the
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.55]{TheNumberofStoppedSimulationRuns150.eps}
-\caption{The number of stopped simulation runs compared to the number of rounds for 150 deployed nodes }
+\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{TheNumberofStoppedSimulationRuns150g.eps}
+\caption{The percentage of stopped simulation runs compared to the number of rounds for 150 deployed nodes }
\label{fig6}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.55]{TheEnergyConsumption.eps}
+\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{TheEnergyConsumptiong.eps}
\caption{The energy consumption}
\label{fig7}
\end{figure}
%\centering
% \begin{multicols}{6}
\centering
-\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{TheNetworkLifetime.eps} %\\~ ~ ~(a)
+\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{TheNetworkLifetimeg.eps} %\\~ ~ ~(a)
\caption{The network lifetime }
\label{fig8}
\end{figure}
problems, one per subregion, that can be solved more easily.
In future work, we plan to study and propose a coverage protocol which
-computes all active sensor schedules in a single round, using
+computes all active sensor schedules in one time, using
optimization methods such as swarms optimization or evolutionary
-algorithms. This single round will still consists of 4 phases, but the
+algorithms. The round will still consist of 4 phases, but the
decision phase will compute the schedules for several sensing phases
which, aggregated together, define a kind of meta-sensing phase.
-The computation of all cover sets in one round is far more
+The computation of all cover sets in one time is far more
difficult, but will reduce the communication overhead.
-
% use section* for acknowledgement
%\section*{Acknowledgment}
