A virtual centripetal force-based coverage- enhancing algorithm for wireless multimedia sensor networks

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1328-1334

  Jing, Zhao ^a   Jian Chao, Zeng ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Multimedia sensor; Sensing area; Virtual centripetal force; Wireless multimedia sensor network (WMSN)

Indexed keywords

CENTRIPETAL FORCE; CIRCULAR MOTION; COVERAGE RATIO; DIRECTIVITY; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE; FORCE MODEL; REDUNDANT SENSORS; SENSING AREAS; SIMULATION RESULT; WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA SENSOR NETWORK; WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA SENSOR NETWORK (WMSN);

SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77952921858     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2039131     Document Type: Article

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