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In wireless sensor and actor network research, the commonly used mobility models for a mobile actor are random walk model, random waypoint mobility model, or variants thereof. For a fully connected network, the choice of mobility model for the actor is not critical because, there is at least one assured path from the sensor nodes to the actor node. But, for a sparsely connected network where information cannot propagate beyond a cluster, random movement of the actor may not be the best choice to maximize event detection and subsequent action. This paper presents static and dynamic intelligent mobility models that are based on the inherent clusters’ information of a sparsely connected network. Simulation results validate the idea behind the intelligent mobility models and provide insights into the applicability of these mobility models in different application scenarios.
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Krishnakumar, S.S., Abler, R.T. Intelligent actor mobility in wireless sensor and actor networks. Telecommun Syst 40, 141–149 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-008-9135-8
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