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The Sink Node Placement and Performance Implication in Mobile Sensor Networks

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Mobile sensor networks are desirable in a variety of application scenarios, in which information collection is no doubt of great importance. In this paper, we present a mobile sensor network architecture consisting of a potentially large number of mobile sensors and a single or multiple stationary sink nodes for sensing information collection. We formulate a distinct coverage measurement problem in term of sensing information collection; we study the relevant performance and examine the effect from a variety of relevant factors through extensive simulations. We demonstrate that the performance is not only affected by the sensor mobility and the transmission range between mobile sensors and sink node(s), but also by the distribution of mobile sensors and the number and locations of sink nodes. Based on the observation and analysis, we also provide some preliminary understandings and implications for improving the information collection performance.

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  1. We choose the ratio between r, R and |A| by considering their magnitudes in realistic situations [15, 16].

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  1. College of Information, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

    Yueming Hu, Yueju Xue & Qing Li

  2. Department Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Fangming Liu, Gabriel Y. Keung & Bo Li

  3. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Gabriel Y. Keung

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Correspondence to Gabriel Y. Keung.

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The research was supported in part by grants from RGC under the contracts 615608, 616207 and 616406, by a grant from NSFC/RGC under the contract N_HKUST603/07, by a grant from HKUST under the contract RPC06/07. EG27, by a grant from NSF China under the contract 60573115, 40671145, by a grant from Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (05006623) and by a grant from National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) under the contract 2006CB303000.

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Hu, Y., Xue, Y., Li, Q. et al. The Sink Node Placement and Performance Implication in Mobile Sensor Networks. Mobile Netw Appl 14, 230–240 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-009-0158-5

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