Abstract
It is a recent trend to consider wireless sensor networks in harsh industrial environments. With actual deployment of wireless sensor networks, it would be desirable to make a concrete deployment plan regarding connectivities and to place sensors by grouping them according to the planned deployment points, even more in case of targeting multiple objects to be sensed and monitored in harsh environments. The connectedness of groups as well as individual sensors is important specifically for real-time data acquisitions and even more if there are no external communication links among these groups. In this paper, we focus on the connectivity of sensor groups, rather than the individual sensors only, and propose a novel group connectivity model so as to analyze group connectivity and to make a concrete deployment plan of sensor groups with regard to the internal distribution of sensors and group positions. We believe that the proposed model should be useful in planning the deployment of wireless sensor networks in harsh industrial environments where running wires is less practical and also prohibitively expensive.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5280194 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1835-1844 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 May |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received February 28, 2009; revised September 15, 2009. First published October 6, 2009; current version published April 14, 2010. This work was supported by a Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korean government Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST). The work of J. Lee and J. Song was supported by KOSEF under Grant 2009-0076476. The work of T. Kwon was supported by KOSEF under Grant 2009-0077066.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering