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On Multiple Point Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks

Shuhui Yangy, Fei Daiz, Mihaela Cardeiy, and Jie WuyDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringFlorida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, FL 33431

IEEE 2nd Intl. Conf. on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS'05), Nov. 2005.

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Outlines

Introduction Problem definitions A global solution for the k-CS problem Non-global solutions for the k-CS/k-CCS prob

lem Simulation Conclusion

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Introduction

Coverage The way to select active nodes

Area coverage Maintaining full coverage of the monitoring area. The sensor network is to cover (monitor) an area

(region). Each point of the area is monitored by at least one

sensor.

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Introduction

Point coverage A limited number of points (targets) with known locations need to

be monitored. A large number of sensors are dispersed randomly in close proxi

mity to the targets. Send the monitored information to a central processing node. Every target must be monitored at all times by at least one senso

r, assuming that every sensor is able to monitor all targets within its sensing range.

Reference : M. Cardei and J. Wu,

Energy-Efficient Coverage Problems in Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks, Computer Communications Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 413-420, Feb. 2006.

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Introduction

3 coverage models 1) Targets form a contiguous region and the objective is to select

a subset of sensors to cover the region[18]. Typical solutions involve geometry properties based on the positions

of sensor nodes. [18] D. Tian and N. Georganas. A coverage-preserving node scheduli

ng scheme for large wireless sensor networks. In Proc. of the 1st ACM Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications, 2002.

2) Targets form a contiguous region and the objective is to select a subset of sensors to cover the rest of sensors [4]. This model assumes the network is sufficiently dense so that point co

verage can approximate area coverage. Typical solutions involve constructing dominating sets or connected d

ominating sets based on traditional graph theory. [4] J. Carle and D. Simplot-Ryl. Energy efficient area monitoring by s

ensor networks. IEEE Computer, 37(2):40–46, 2004.

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Introduction

3) Targets are discrete points and the objective is to select a subset of sensors to cover all of the targets. Typical solutions use the traditional set coverage or bipartite graph m

odels. When R >= 2r, a sensor network that achieves k-coverage is k-c

onnected.[19] Communication range (R) that is at least twice the sensing range

(r).[26] [19] X. Wang, G. Xing, Y. Zhang, C. Lu, R. Pless, and C. Gill. Inte

grated coverage and connectivity configuration in wireless sensor networks. In Proc. of the 1st ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, 2003.

[26] H. Zhang and J. Hou. Maintaining sensing coverage and connectivity in large sensor networks. Technical Report UIUC. UIUCDCS-R-2003-2351, 2003.

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Contributions

1) Define and formalize the k-(Connected) Coverage Set problems (k-CCS/k-CS).

2) Develop a global algorithm for the k-CS problem using linear programming.

3) Design two non-global solutions for k-CS/k-CCS.

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Problem definitions

Sensor network consisting of n sensor nodes : s1, s2,….., sn. An edge exists between two nodes if the two corresponding sens

ors are each within the other’s communication range. We assume that the network is sufficiently dense, such that the n

etwork is connected, and each node has at least k neighbors for a given constant k.

Objective : Select a minimum subset of sensors with the property that each s

ensor is monitored by at least k sensors in the selected subset. Assumption :

The network is sufficiently dense, such that the network is connected, and each node has at least k neighbors for a given constant k.

In this paper, we propose to maintain 1-connectivity rather than k-connectivity, to reduce the size of the k-coverage set.

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Problem definitions

k-Coverage Set (k-CS) Problem: Given a constant k >0 and an undirected graph G = (V,E) find a subset of nodes C V such that (1) each node in V is dominated (covered) by at least k dif

ferent nodes in C, and (2) the number of nodes in C is minimized.

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Problem definitions

k-Connected Coverage Set (k-CCS) Problem: Given a constant k > 0 and an undirected graph G = (V,E) find a subset of nodes C V such that (1) each node in V is dominated (covered) by at least k

different nodes in C, (2) the number of nodes in C is minimized, and (3) the nodes in C are connected.

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Problem definitions

k-CS and k-CCS are extensions of the Dominating Set (DS) and Connected Dominated Set (CDS) problems.

DS if every node in the network is either in the set or a neighbor of a node in the set.

CDS : any two nodes in the DS can be connected through intermediate nodes from the DS.

When k = 1, k-CS (k-CCS) problem reduces to the DS (CDS) problem. Therefore, for k = 1, both k-CS and k-CCS are NP-complete.

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A global solution for the k-CS problem

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A global solution for the k-CS problem Guarantees : each node in V is covered by at

least k nodes in C. : the maximum node degree in G. Design a ρ-approximation algorithm,

ρ = + 1 Since IP is NP-hard, we first relax the IP to Li

near Programming (LP), solve the LP in linear time, Then round the solution in order to get a feasible s

olution for the IP.

16Best performance : O(n^3), n : the number of variables.

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A global solution for the k-CS problem

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Non-global solutions for the k-CS/k-CCS problem A Cluster-based Solution

we propose a scheme for the k-CS/k-CCS problems, Sequentially apply a traditional clustering algorithm k tim

es, whereby the clusterheads selected each time are marked and removed immediately from the network.

Find gateways to connect the first set of the clusterheads and also mark them.

For each marked node (clusterhead or gateway), if it does not have k marked neighbors, it designates some unmarked neighbors to be marked.

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Non-global solutions for the k-CS/k-CCS problem Any two clusterheads are not neighbors, and the clusterhead set

is a maximum independent set (MIS) of the network in addition to a DS.

Initially, all the nodes are unmarked. When the algorithm terminates, all the marked nodes (clusterheads or gateways) form the k-CCS/k-CS.

Theorem 2: All the clusterheads (and gateways) marked in CKA form a k-CS (k-CCS) of the networks.

This algorithm can be easily extended to achieve k-coverage in O(k log3 n) time with high probability. A randomized clustering algorithm has been proposed to achieve

1-coverage in O(log3 n) time with high probability. A traditional algorithm takes O(n) rounds in the worst case, in a n

etwork with n nodes.

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Non-global solutions for the k-CS/k-CCS problem A Local Solution

A node u is “k-covered” by a subset of C of its neighbors if and only if three conditions hold: The subset C is connected by nodes with higher priorities than

u. Any neighbor of u is a neighbor of at least k nodes from C. Each node in C has a higher priority than u.

Each node determines its status (marked or unmarked) based on its 2-hop neighborhood information.

Initially, it is assumed that all nodes are marked. After the algorithm terminates, all the marked nodes form the k-CCS/k-CS.

Theorem 3: The marked nodes from PKA form a k-CS/k-CCS of the network.

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23Fig. 1. A small scale example (n = 15, k = 2, r = 40).

Examples

All the marked nodes are connected, and every node in the network is covered at least twice by the marked nodes.

24Fig. 1. A small scale example (n = 15, k = 2, r = 40).

Generally speaking, the size of resultant k-CS by CKA is smaller than that of k-CCS.

25Fig. 1. A small scale example (n = 15, k = 2, r = 40).

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Simulation

Simulator Linear programming is implemented using Matlab. All other approaches are implemented on a custom simulat

or. n nodes are randomly placed in a restricted 100 X10

0 area. Assume all nodes have the same transmission range.

Number of nodes n : 100 ~ 1000 The transmission range r : 20 and 40 The coverage parameter k : 2, 3, and 4

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Fig. 3. Comparison of k-CCS & k-CS by different algorithms (k = 2).

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Fig. 3. Comparison of k-CCS & k-CS by different algorithms (k = 2).

CKA has better performance than PKA because CKA is quasi-local while PKA is local algorithm. More information leads to a more precise process.

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Fig. 3. Comparison of k-CCS & k-CS by different algorithms (k = 2).

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Fig. 3. Comparison of k-CCS & k-CS by different algorithms (k = 2).

LPA has worse performance than CKA and PKA, especially when the network is dense.

This is because a dense network increases the maximum node degree, and thus the LPA’s performance ratio.

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Fig. 4. Algorithms with and without connectivity (k = 2).

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Fig. 4. Algorithms with and without connectivity (k = 2).

k-CS by CKA has the smallest size, and next is the k-CCS by CKA.k-CS by PKA has almost the same size as k-CCS by PKA.

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Fig. 5. k-CCS & k-CS by PKA & CKA with k = 2, 3, 4 (r = 20).

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Fig. 5. k-CCS & k-CS by PKA & CKA with k = 2, 3, 4 (r = 20).

With larger k, the size of k-CCS or k-CS from CKA or PKA is larger. But when the number of node is great, this increase is less significant

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Simulation Result

(1) CKA has better performance than PKA, especially in generating k-CS.

(2) CKA and PKA have better performance than LPA, especially when network is relatively dense.

(3) Greater k leads to larger sized k-CS/k-CCS. (4) CKA and PKA have better scalability than LPA, e

specially when the network is relatively dense. (5) LPA performs better in sparse topologies.

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Conclusion

Define and formalize the k-(Connected) Coverage Set problems (k-CCS/k-CS).

Develop a global algorithm for the k-CS problem using linear programming.

Design two non-global solutions for k-CS/k-CCS.

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