The Scientific World Journal (Jan 2014)

Node Deployment Algorithm Based on Viscous Fluid Model for Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Jiguang Chen,
  • Huanyan Qian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/350789
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2014

Abstract

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With the scale expands, traditional deployment algorithms are becoming increasingly complicated than before, which are no longer fit for sensor networks. In order to reduce the complexity, we propose a node deployment algorithm based on viscous fluid model. In wireless sensor networks, sensor nodes are abstracted as fluid particles. Similar to the diffusion and self-propagation behavior of fluid particles, sensor nodes realize deployment in unknown region following the motion rules of fluid. Simulation results show that our algorithm archives good coverage rate and homogeneity in large-scale sensor networks.