Tour planning for mobile data-gathering mechanisms in wireless sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1472-1483

  Ma, Ming ^a,b   Yang, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhao, Miao ^c  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Covering salesman problem (CSP); data gathering; M collector; mobile data collector; mobility; movement planning; spanning tree; traveling salesman problem (TSP); wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SENSORS; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

COVERING SALESMAN PROBLEMS; DATA GATHERING; M-COLLECTOR; MOBILE DATA COLLECTORS; MOVEMENT PLANNING; SPANNING TREE; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84877854713     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2012.2229309     Document Type: Article

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