Journal on Communications ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (Z2): 207-216.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-436x.2012.z2.029

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Survey on the deployment and design for regular topology structures in wireless sensor networks

Wen-xiang LI1,Ya-jie MA1,Jun XU2,Jian-feng YANG2   

  1. 1 School of Information Science and Engineering,Wuhan University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430081,China
    2 School of Electronic Information,Wuhan University,Wuhan 430072,China
  • Online:2012-11-25 Published:2017-08-03
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China;The National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program)

Abstract:

In wireless sensor networks,such regular topology structures as Square,Hexagon and Triangle could fully cover the area to be monitored,provide accurate positioning for special events,and achieve better network performance.In order to provide valuable guidelines for WSN design and optimization,related works on regular topology structures was surveyed.By the analysis on the index of Area per Node,the deployment method and efficiency of regular topology structures under such cases as full coverage,k-coverage and l-connectivity was explored.the performance,variation and application scenarios in such aspects as network connectivity,energy consumption,transmission performance,routing scheme and MAC protocol was summarized.The optimal application conditions for each structure together with several directions for further research were proposed.

Key words: wireless sensor networks, network deployment, topology structure, connectivity;coverage

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