Perimeter-Based Data Replication in Mobile Sensor Networks

—This paper assumes a set of n mobile sensors that move in the Euclidean plane as a swarm. Our objectives are to explore a given geographic region by detecting spatio-temporal events of interest and to store these events in the network until the user requests them. Such a setting finds applications in mobile environments where the user (i.e., the sink) is infrequently within communication range from the field deployment. Our framework, coined SenseSwarm, dynamically partitions the sensing devices into perimeter and core nodes. Data acquisition is scheduled at the perimeter, in order to minimize energy consumption, while storage and replication takes place at the core nodes which are physically and logically shielded to threats and obstacles. To efficiently identify the nodes laying on the perimeter of the swarm we devise the Perimeter Algorithm (PA), an efficient distributed algorithm with a low communication complexity. For storage and fault-tolerance we devise the Data Replicat...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: MDM
• Authors: Panayiotis Andreou, Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti, Maria I. Andreou, Panos K. Chrysanthis, George Samaras
• Keywords: Communications, Core Nodes, Data Replication Algorithm, MDM 2009, Replication Takes Place