scholarly journals Efficient Location Service for a Mobile Sink in Solar-Powered Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjae Kang ◽  
Ikjune Yoon ◽  
Dong Noh
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Mobile Sink ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Location Service ◽  
Surplus Energy ◽  
Solar Powered

By utilizing mobile sinks in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), WSNs can be deployed in more challenging environments that cannot connect with the Internet, such as those that are isolated or dangerous, and can also achieve a balanced energy consumption among sensors which leads to prolonging the network lifetime. However, an additional overhead is required to check the current location of the sink in order for a node to transmit data to the mobile sink, and the size of the overhead is proportional to that of the network. Meanwhile, WSNs composed of solar-powered nodes have recently been actively studied for the perpetual operation of a network. This study addresses both of these research topics simultaneously, and proposes a method to support an efficient location service for a mobile sink utilizing the surplus energy of a solar-powered WSN. In this scheme, nodes that have a sufficient energy budget can constitute rings, and the nodes belonging to these rings (which are called ring nodes) maintain up-to-date location information on the mobile sink node and serve this information to the other sensor nodes. Because each ring node only uses surplus energy to serve location information, this does not affect the performance of a node’s general operations (e.g., sensing, processing, and data delivery). Moreover, because multiple rings can exist simultaneously in the proposed scheme, the overhead for acquiring the position information of the sink can be significantly reduced, and also hardly increases even if the network size becomes larger.

scholarly journals Efficient FEC Scheme for Solar-Powered WSNs Considering Energy and Link-Quality

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gun Wook Gil ◽  
Minjae Kang ◽  
Younghyun Kim ◽  
Ikjune Yoon ◽  
Dong Kun Noh
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Forward Error Correction ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Error Recovery ◽  
Link Quality ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Surplus Energy ◽  
Solar Powered

In solar-powered wireless sensor networks (SP-WSNs), the best use of harvested energy is more important than minimizing energy consumption since energy can be supplied periodically. Meanwhile, as is well known, the reliability of the communication between sensor nodes is very limited due to the resource constraints of sensor nodes. In this paper, we propose an efficient forward error correction (FEC) scheme which can give solar-powered wireless sensor networks more reliable communication. First, the proposed scheme provides energy-adaptive operation for the best use of solar energy. It calculates the amount of surplus energy which can be used for extra operations and then determines the number of additional parity bits for FEC according to this amount of surplus energy. At the same time, it also provides a link quality model that is used to calculate the appropriate number of parity bits for error recovery required for the current data communication environment. Finally, by considering these two parity sizes, it is possible to determine the number of parity bits that can maximize the data reliability without affecting the blacking out of nodes. The evaluation of the performance of the approach was performed by comparing the amount of data collected at the sink node and the number of blackout nodes with other schemes.

scholarly journals Energy-Efficient Cluster Management Using a Mobile Charger for Solar-Powered Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 3668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youngjae Son ◽  
Minjae Kang ◽  
Younghyun Kim ◽  
Ikjune Yoon ◽  
Dong Kun Noh
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Mobile Sink ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Sink Node ◽  
Energy Imbalance ◽  
Cluster Heads ◽  
Imbalance Problem ◽  
Solar Powered

In solar-powered wireless sensor networks (SP-WSNs), sensor nodes can continuously harvest energy to relieve the energy constraint problem in battery-powered WSNs. With the advent of wireless power transmission (WPT) technology, the nodes can be charged remotely if the energy harvested is insufficient. However, even in SP-WSNs with WPT, an energy imbalance problem is observed, in which the energy consumption of the nodes around a sink node increases abnormally if the sink node is stationary. To solve this problem, recent studies have been conducted using a mobile sink node instead of a stationary one. Generally, a clustering scheme is used for the efficient utilization of a mobile sink. However, even in the case of mobile sinks, it is still necessary to minimize the energy burden of the cluster heads and their surrounding nodes. In this study, we propose a scheme that mitigates the energy imbalance problem of SP-WSNs by using a WPT-capable mobile sink and an efficient clustering scheme. In the proposed scheme, the energy imbalance is minimized by electing the cluster heads effectively after considering the energy state of the nodes, and by enabling the sink node to charge the energy of the cluster heads while collecting data from them. Consequently, this scheme allows the sink node to collect more data with fewer blackouts of the sensor nodes.

scholarly journals Energy-aware determination of compression for low latency in solar-powered wireless sensor networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 155014771769416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Jae Kang ◽  
Semi Jeong ◽  
Ikjune Yoon ◽  
Dong Kun Noh
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Delay Time ◽  
Residual Energy ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Transfer Data ◽  
Surplus Energy ◽  
Solar Powered

There have been many studies performed about increasing network lifetime in wireless sensor networks that involve reducing data size, since the data transmission process takes up a large part of energy consumption. However, reducing data size results in increased delay time due to not only the compression computation time but also the waiting time to gather a sufficient amount of data for compression. Meanwhile, in solar-powered wireless sensor networks, the harvested energy may be surplus to the basic operations of sensor nodes. In this study, such surplus energy is utilized to reduce the delay time between nodes. Nodes with residual energy less than a certain threshold transfer data with compression in order to reduce energy consumption, and nodes with residual energy over the threshold (which means there is surplus energy) transfer data without compression to reduce the delay time between nodes by using the surplus energy. Simulation-based performance verifications show that the technique proposed in this study exhibits optimal performance in terms of both energy and delay times compared with traditional methods.

An Adaptive Location Updates and Propagation Scheme for Mobile Sinks

2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 772-776
Author(s):  
Shi Qiang Ma ◽  
Xiao Gang Qi
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Mobile Sink ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Mobile Sinks ◽  
Location Updates

Mobile sink can be used to balance energy consumption of sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Sink is required to inform sensors about its new location information whenever necessary. However, frequent location updates of mobile sink can lead to both rapid energy consumption of sensor nodes and increased collisions in wireless transmissions. We propose ALUPS (A New Solution with Adaptive Location Update and Propagation Scheme) for mobile sinks to resolve this problem. When a sink moves, it only needs to broadcast its location information within a local adaptive area other than among the entire network. The overhearing feature of wireless transmission is employed when the adaptive location information is transferred. Compared with LURP (Local update-based routing protocol in wireless sensor networks with mobile sinks) and SLPS (Simple Location Propagation Scheme for Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks), ALUPS performs better both in low energy consumption and success delivery ratio.

scholarly journals Distributed Beacon Drifting Detection for Localization in Unstable Environments

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Xia ◽  
Peiliang Sun ◽  
Xiaoyan Wang ◽  
Yan Jin ◽  
Qingzhang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Research Issue ◽  
Fundamental Research

Localization is a fundamental research issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In most existing localization schemes, several beacons are used to determine the locations of sensor nodes. These localization mechanisms are frequently based on an assumption that the locations of beacons are known. Nevertheless, for many WSN systems deployed in unstable environments, beacons may be moved unexpectedly; that is, beacons are drifting, and their location information will no longer be reliable. As a result, the accuracy of localization will be greatly affected. In this paper, we propose a distributed beacon drifting detection algorithm to locate those accidentally moved beacons. In the proposed algorithm, we designed both beacon self-scoring and beacon-to-beacon negotiation mechanisms to improve detection accuracy while keeping the algorithm lightweight. Experimental results show that the algorithm achieves its designed goals.

A Novel Nature Instilled Moving Sink Architecture for Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-48
Author(s):  
Amiya Bhusan Bagjadab ◽  
Sushree Bibhuprada B. Priyadarshini
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Mobile Sink ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Packet Forwarding ◽  
Battery Power ◽  
Communication Distance

Wireless sensor networks are commonly used to monitor certain regions and to collect data for several application domains. Generally, in wireless sensor networks, data are routed in a multi-hop fashion towards a static sink. In this scenario, the nodes closer to the sink become heavily involved in packet forwarding, and their battery power is exhausted rapidly. This article proposes that a special node (i.e., mobile sink) will move in the specified region and collect the data from the sensors and transmit it to the base station such that the communication distance of the sensors will be reduced. The aim is to provide a track for the sink such that it covers maximum sensor nodes. Here, the authors compared two tracks theoretically and in the future will try to simulate the two tracks for the sink movement so as to identify the better one.

scholarly journals Energy Efficient Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks using Mobile Sink Node

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 2750-2753
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Mobile Sink ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Efficient Data ◽  
Reduce Energy Consumption ◽  
Computational Resources

The wireless sensor networks consist of numerous small nodes which are also called as energy resource-constrained sensor nodes. The communication of these nodes can be done in a various way. There is also the processing of signal tasks which is done through the various computational resources provided by the networks. The energy of the sensor nodes gets consumed when transmit the data or receive data from the network. To reduce energy consumption of the network various techniques has been proposed which are known as clustering techniques. In the proposed work the mobile sink is deployed in the network which reduces overhead in the network. Experimental results shows that the proposed work outperforms the existing one in terms of reduced energy consumption of the network, increased throughput of the network, reduced delay in the network.

scholarly journals A Swarm Intelligent Algorithm Based Route Maintaining Protocol for Mobile Sink Wireless Sensor Networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoming Wu ◽  
Yinglong Wang ◽  
Yifan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Mobile Sink ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Intelligent Algorithm ◽  
Bee Colony ◽  
Alternative Routing

Recent studies have shown that mobile sink can be a solution to solve the problem that energy consumption of sensor nodes is not balanced in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Caused by the sink mobility, the paths between the sensor nodes and the sink change frequently and have profound influence on the lifetime of WSN. It is necessary to design a protocol that can find efficient routings between the mobile sink and nodes but does not consume too many network resources. In this paper, we propose a swarm intelligent algorithm based route maintaining protocol to resolve this issue. The protocol utilizes the concentric ring mechanism to guide the route researching direction and adopts the optimal routing selection to maintain the data delivery route in mobile sink WSN. Using the immune based artificial bee colony (IABC) algorithm to optimize the forwarding path, the routing maintaining protocol could find an alternative routing path quickly and efficiently when the coordinate of sink is changed in WSN. The results of our extensive experiments demonstrate that our proposed route maintaining protocol is able to balance the network traffic load and prolong the network lifetime.

scholarly journals Reputation-Based Secure Sensor Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingsha He ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Xingye Zhu ◽  
Yuqiang Zhang ◽  
Ting Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Sensor Localization ◽  
Security Scheme ◽  
Beacon Node ◽  
Untrusted Environments

Location information of sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is very important, for it makes information that is collected and reported by the sensor nodes spatially meaningful for applications. Since most current sensor localization schemes rely on location information that is provided by beacon nodes for the regular sensor nodes to locate themselves, the accuracy of localization depends on the accuracy of location information from the beacon nodes. Therefore, the security and reliability of the beacon nodes become critical in the localization of regular sensor nodes. In this paper, we propose a reputation-based security scheme for sensor localization to improve the security and the accuracy of sensor localization in hostile or untrusted environments. In our proposed scheme, the reputation of each beacon node is evaluated based on a reputation evaluation model so that regular sensor nodes can get credible location information from highly reputable beacon nodes to accomplish localization. We also perform a set of simulation experiments to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed reputation-based security scheme. And our simulation results show that the proposed security scheme can enhance the security and, hence, improve the accuracy of sensor localization in hostile or untrusted environments.

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