Minimizing the range for k-covered paths on sensor networks

Coverage problems are a flourishing topic in optimization, thanks to the recent advances in the field of wireless sensor networks. The main coverage issue centres around critical conditions that require reliable monitoring and prohibit failures. This issue can be addressed by maximal-exposure paths,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Abellanas, Manuel, Bajuelos, Antonio L., Pereira de Matos, Inés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/13767
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/13767
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxr076
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Geometry
Geometria algebraica
51 GEOMETRY
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Geometria
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Sumario:Coverage problems are a flourishing topic in optimization, thanks to the recent advances in the field of wireless sensor networks. The main coverage issue centres around critical conditions that require reliable monitoring and prohibit failures. This issue can be addressed by maximal-exposure paths, regarding which this article presents new results. Namely, it shows how to minimize the sensing range of a set of sensors in order to ensure the existence of a k-covered path between two points on a given region. Such a path’s coverage depends on k ≥ 2, which is fixed. The three types of regions studied are: a planar graph, the whole plane and a polygonal region.