A New Topology Control Algorithm in Software Defined Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks

Abstract

In wireless networks, the network coverage and sustainable operations are closely interlinked. These are the most critical problems in any wireless sensor networks (WSNs), which are based on software defined networks. However, in previous literature, these problems are always considered separately. Consequently, these problems are not addressed in an efficient manner. In this work, we focus on new network structures known as software defined wireless rechargeable sensor networks (SDWRSNs) to ensure long-term operations and full coverage of the network simultaneously. In this work, we propose the least nodes deployment and charging algorithm (LNDCA) based on the homology theory. In the proposed LNDCA, the SDN controller requests the mobile chargers to replenish the energy for the node with the lowest energy. Additionally, the algorithm fully covers the whole network by using minimum number of nodes and ensures continuous operations in the network. The simulation results and analysis conducted in this work show that the proposed algorithm performs well in terms of energy consumption, coverage, and sustainable operations.

Keywords

• Wireless rechargeable sensor networks
• software defined networks
• homology theory
• topology control