International Journal of Smart Electrical Engineering, Vol.5, No.1,Winter2016 ISSN: 2251-9246
EISSN: 2345-622
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Improvement of Coverage Algorithm in WSN in Terms of
Sensor Numbers and Power Amount
Iman Khandani, Reza Sabbaghi-Nadooshan, Fardad Farokhi
Electrical Engineering Department, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Email: iman.persian@gmail.com, r_sabbaghi@iauctb.ac.ir, f_farokhi@iauctb.ac.ir
Abstract
Wireless sensor networks(WSN) have unique properties that distinguished them from other wireless networks and have
special challenges. Not-chargeable, not-changeable and limited power supplies of sensor nodes is the most important
challenge of this networks, and if the power supply of node expired, a part of data maybe lost. Because of the importance of
covers in wireless sensors, in this work we have presented approaches that in their designs nodes are in special and different
areas so that the hole of environment be covered and for saving power consumption, in each active period only one node is
active and others are in inactive. For implementing the task cycle and avoiding from over-load of one node, the active node
which have the task of sensing and maintaining the cover of area, in the next period, another node will replace it. It seems
that by zoning the environment and cycle of tasks, the overall cover of wireless network improves.
Keywords: wireless sensor network, coverage, zoning, cycle of tasks.
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1. Introduction
Wireless sensor networks composed of
hundreds and thousands small nods, which are
called sensor nodes, and these nodes cooperate with
each other to do their tasks or special tasks. The
wireless sensor networks are based in technical
sensors, wireless relations, small embedded
equipment and distributed computations. This
networks exchange data to environment by sensors
and gather and analyze them. Wireless sensor
networks are extensively used in environment
control, tracking the target, military usage,
management of natural disasters and etc. (Borges et
al, Prasad 2015, Manikandan et al, 2015). Wireless
sensor networks have unique features that separate
them from other wireless networks. Some of this
features includes large number of nodes, limited
use of hardware because of reducing the costs,
being in inaccessible environments continuously by
humans, being disposed to disrepair and etc. there
are many challenges in wireless sensor networks
but Not-chargeable, not-changeable and limited
power supplies of sensor nodes is the most
important one. So, the technique of power saving is
the most important ones. If in wireless sensor
networks an area isn’t covered, in the other word,
the data of a section of environment isn’t sensing,
the efficient of network in at risk. Therefore, in
wireless sensor networks, coverage is one of the
most important challenges (Wang et al 2015).
Proposed method for controlling over the
wireless sensor networks in a way that, besides
having coverage, the power consumption be at
desirable level, is controllable usage of task cycle in
a manner that some of nodes which have less
energy and their operation doesn’t have any risk for
coverage, be inactive during in a defined period.
For having a global coverage, the network is
divided to different sections and in each sections of
area, one node is active and other are inactive. The
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