Wireless Sensor Networks Deployment Strategies for Outdoor Monitoring 1st Edition by Fadi Al Turjman ISBN 9781351207010 1351207016

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Contributions

1.2 Book Outline

References

Chapter 2 Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks in Outdoor Environment Monitoring: An Overview

2.1 Desired Network Properties in OEM

2.1.1 Connectivity

2.1.2 Fault-Tolerance

2.1.3 Lifetime

2.2 Random vs. Deterministic WSNs Deployment

2.2.1 Random Deployment

2.2.2 Deterministic (Grid-Based) Deployment

2.3 Summary

References

Chapter 3 Efficient Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks Targeting Environment Monitoring Applications

3.1 Related Work

3.2 System Models and Problem Definition

3.2.1 Network Model and Placement Problem

3.2.2 Cost and Communication Models

3.2.3 Lifetime Model

3.3 Deployment Strategy

3.3.1 First Phase of the O3DwLC Strategy

3.3.2 Second Phase of the O3DwLC Strategy

3.4 Performance Evaluation

3.4.1 Simulation Model

3.4.2 Simulation Results

3.5 Conclusion

References

Chapter 4 Optimized Relay Placement for Wireless Sensor Networks Federation in Environmental Applications

4.1 Related Work

4.2 Optimized WSN Federation

4.2.1 Definitions and Assumptions

4.2.2 Deployment Strategy

4.2.2.1 Grid-Based ORP (GORP)

4.2.2.2 The General Non-Grid (ORP)

4.3 Performance Evaluation

4.3.1 Simulation Environment

4.3.2 Performance Metrics and Parameters

4.3.3 Baseline Approaches

4.3.4 Simulation Model

4.3.5 Simulation Results

4.4 Conclusion

References

Chapter 5 Towards Augmenting Federated Wireless Sensor Networks in Forestry Applications

5.1 Background and Related Work

5.2 System Model

5.2.1 Problem Definition

5.2.2 Communication Model

5.2.3 Network Model

5.2.4 Grid Model

5.3 Fixing Augmented Network Damage Intelligently (FADI): The Approach

5.4 Performance Evaluation

5.4.1 Performance Metrics and Parameters

5.4.2 Baseline Approaches

5.4.3 Simulation Setup and Results

5.5 Conclusion

References

Chapter 6 Optimized Hexagon-Based Deployment for Large-Scale Ubiquitous Sensor Networks

6.1 Related Work

6.2 System Models

6.2.1 Network Model

6.2.2 Energy Consumption Model

6.2.3 Communication Model

6.2.4 Cost Model

6.2.4.1 Relay Node

6.2.4.2 Cognitive Node

6.2.5 Problem Definition

6.3 The O2D Deployment Strategy

6.4 Case Study

6.5 Simulation Results and Discussion

6.5.1 Simulation Setup

6.5.2 Evaluation of the Square-Based Grid

6.5.2.1 Node Reliability (NR)

6.5.2.2 Instantaneous Throughput (IT)

6.5.2.3 Delay

6.5.3 Evaluation of the Hexagon-Based Grid

6.5.3.1 Instantaneous Throughput (IT)

6.5.3.2 Node Reliability (NR)

6.6 Conclusions

References

Chapter 7 Towards Prolonged Lifetime for Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks in Outdoor Environment Monitoring

7.1 Related Work

7.1.1 Contributions

7.2 System Models

7.2.1 Communication Model

7.2.2 Network Model

7.2.3 Lifetime and Energy Models

7.3 Deployment Strategy

7.3.1 First Phase of the O3D Strategy

7.3.2 Second Phase of the O3D Strategy

7.4 Lifetime Theoretical Analysis

7.5 Performance Evaluation and Discussion

7.5.1 Simulation Model

7.5.2 Simulation Results

7.6 Conclusions

References

Chapter 8 Path Planning for Mobile Data Collectors in Future Cities

8.1 Related work

8.2 System Models

8.2.1 Network Model

8.2.2 Energy Model

8.2.3 Communication Model

8.3 Hybrid Genetic-based Path Planning (HGPP) Approach

8.3.1 Chromosome Representation

8.3.2 Initial Population Creation

8.3.3 Path Planning

8.4 Performance Evaluation

8.4.1 Experimental Setup

8.4.2 Performance Metrics and Parameters

8.4.3 Simulation Results

8.5 Conclusions

References

Chapter 9 Conclusions and Future Directions

9.1 Summary

9.2 Future Work

Index