Node reclamation and replacement for long-lived sensor networks

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

11-20-2009

Abstract

When deployed for long-term tasks, the energy required to support sensor nodes' activities is far more than the energy that can be preloaded in their batteries. No matter how the battery energy is conserved, once the energy is used up, the network life terminates. Therefore, guaranteeing longterm energy supply has persisted as a big challenge. To address this problem, we propose a node replacement and reclamation (NRR) strategy, with which a mobile robot or human labor called mobile repairman (MR) periodically traverses the sensor network, reclaims nodes with low or no power supply, replaces them with fully-charged ones, and brings the reclaimed nodes back to an energy station for recharging. To effectively and efficiently realize the strategy, we develop an adaptive rendezvousbased two-tier scheduling (ARTS) scheme to schedule the replacement/ reclamation activities of the MR and the duty cycles of nodes. Extensive simulations have been conducted to verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the ARTS scheme. © 2009 IEEE.

Identifier

70449572588 (Scopus)

ISBN

[9781424429080]

Publication Title

2009 6th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks Secon 2009

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1109/SAHCN.2009.5168950

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