Protocol for the application of cooperative MIMO based on clustering in sparse wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor networks （WSN） using cooperative multiple-input multiple-output （MIMO） communication are effective tools to collect data in several environments. However, how to apply cooperative MIMO in WSN remains a critical challenge, especially in sparse WSN. In this article, a novel clustering scheme is proposed for the application of cooperative MIMO in sparse WSN by extending the traditional low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy （LEACH） protocol. This clustering scheme solves the problem that the cluster heads （CH） cannot find enough secondary cluster heads （SCH）, which are used to cooperate and inform multiple-antenna transmitters with CHs. On the basis of this protocol, the overall energy consumption of the networks model is developed, and the optimal number of CHs is obtained. The simulation results show that this protocol is feasible for the sparse WSN. The simulation results also illustrate that this protocol provides significant energy efficiencies, even after allowing for additional overheads.

Tracking the events in the coverage of wireless sensor networks based on artificial neural-networks algorithms

Sensor deployment is an important problem in mobile wireless sensor networks.This paper presents a dis-tributed self-spreading deployment algorithm(SOMDA)for mobile sensors based on artificial neural-networks self-organizing maps algorithm.During the deployment,the nodes compete to track the event and cooperate to form an ordered topology.After going through the algorithm,the statistical distribution of the nodes approaches that of the events in the interest area.The performance of the algo-rithm is evaluated by the covered percentage of re-gion/events,the detecting ability and the energy equaliza-tion of the networks.The simulation results indicate that SOMDA outperforms uniform and random deployment with lossless coverage,enhancive detecting ability and signifi-cant energy equalization.