Optimal deployment patterns for full coverage and κ-Connectivity (κ≤6) wireless sensor networks

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 934-947

  Yun, Ziqiu ^a,b   Bai, Xiaole ^c   Xuan, Dong ^c   Lai, Ten H ^c   Jia, Weijia ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coverage; Network topology; Optimal deployment pattern; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

COVERAGE; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; OPTIMAL DEPLOYMENT; OPTIMALITY; SENSING RANGES; SENSOR COMMUNICATION; VORONOI;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77953684414     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2010.2040191     Document Type: Article

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