Clustering Algorithm Based on the Direction of Overlapping Field of Views for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks
Wireless Multimedia Sensor network (WMSN) composed of multiple video cameras with possibly overlapping field of views. Node clustering for coordinating multimedia sensing and processing based on classical sensor clustering algorithms cannot enable wireless multimedia sensor nodes to sense areas that are uncorrelated to the areas covered by radio neighboring sensors. In this paper, a distributed clustering algorithm is proposed for WMSNs based on the coverage areas of the overlapped field of views (FoVs) and also on the direction of the FoV. A node may belong to multiple clusters, if its FoV intersects more than one cluster-head which affects efficiently in terms of energy conservation in sensing and processing. Simulation results show that our proposed algorithm has a more advantage in energy conservation, and in decreasing the number of singular nodes which impacts on the clustering efficiency and prolongs the network lifetime effectively.