TY - GEN
T1 - Distributed coverage of mobile heterogeneous networks in non-convex environments
AU - Thanou, Michalis
AU - Stergiopoulos, Yiannis
AU - Tzes, Anthony
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The article discusses the problem of distributed deployment of the nodes in a heterogeneous mobile sensor network in order to achieve optimum coverage of a non-convex environment. The members of the network are assumed to have unequally scaled sensing abilities reflected in their maximum geodesic range. The geodesic disc allows for modelling the sensors' reduced performance in non-visible areas. The proposed control scheme is based on proper partitioning of the space via the geodesic power distance, incorporating the reachability issue in the environment, along with the heterogeneity of the network. The mobile team is proven to lead towards a locally area optimum configuration, where restriction of the nodes in the accessible regions is guaranteed by the control framework. Simulation results indicate the efficiency of the proposed scheme, in comparison to the deployment, based on the Euclidean-metric.
AB - The article discusses the problem of distributed deployment of the nodes in a heterogeneous mobile sensor network in order to achieve optimum coverage of a non-convex environment. The members of the network are assumed to have unequally scaled sensing abilities reflected in their maximum geodesic range. The geodesic disc allows for modelling the sensors' reduced performance in non-visible areas. The proposed control scheme is based on proper partitioning of the space via the geodesic power distance, incorporating the reachability issue in the environment, along with the heterogeneity of the network. The mobile team is proven to lead towards a locally area optimum configuration, where restriction of the nodes in the accessible regions is guaranteed by the control framework. Simulation results indicate the efficiency of the proposed scheme, in comparison to the deployment, based on the Euclidean-metric.
KW - Area coverage
KW - Geodesic metric
KW - Heterogeneous sensor networks
KW - Non-convex environments
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U2 - 10.1109/MED.2013.6608837
DO - 10.1109/MED.2013.6608837
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84885222937
SN - 9781479909971
T3 - 2013 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2013 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 956
EP - 962
BT - 2013 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2013 - Conference Proceedings
T2 - 2013 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2013
Y2 - 25 June 2013 through 28 June 2013
ER -