Coverage control for each sensor is based on a 2D directional sensing model in directional sensor networks conventionally. But the 2D model cannot accurately characterize the real environment. In order to solve this p...Coverage control for each sensor is based on a 2D directional sensing model in directional sensor networks conventionally. But the 2D model cannot accurately characterize the real environment. In order to solve this problem,a new 3D directional sensor model and coverage enhancement algorithm is proposed. We can adjust the pitch angle and deviation angle to enhance the coverage rate. And the coverage enhancement algorithm is based on an improved gravitational search algorithm. In this paper the two improved strategies of GSA are directional mutation strategy and individual evolution strategy. A set of simulations show that our coverage enhancement algorithm has a good performance to improve the coverage rate of the wireless directional sensor network on different number of nodes,different virtual angles and different sensing radius.展开更多
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61175126)National Research Foundation for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20112304110009)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(Grant No.HEUCFZ1209)
文摘Coverage control for each sensor is based on a 2D directional sensing model in directional sensor networks conventionally. But the 2D model cannot accurately characterize the real environment. In order to solve this problem,a new 3D directional sensor model and coverage enhancement algorithm is proposed. We can adjust the pitch angle and deviation angle to enhance the coverage rate. And the coverage enhancement algorithm is based on an improved gravitational search algorithm. In this paper the two improved strategies of GSA are directional mutation strategy and individual evolution strategy. A set of simulations show that our coverage enhancement algorithm has a good performance to improve the coverage rate of the wireless directional sensor network on different number of nodes,different virtual angles and different sensing radius.