PLDP: Possible Location Deployment Protocol for energy harvesting in WSNs

Abstract

The forwarding node placement problem in a wireless sensor network is concerned with deploying a minimum number of forwarding nodes (FNs) in a set of candidate locations in the network to satisfy a specific requirement(s), such as connectivity or survivability. The placement of FNs should be energy harvesting aware, because the more energy the placed nodes can harvest the more effective the network will be. In this paper we have presented a Possible Location Deployment Protocol (PLDP) for WSNs. PDLP, which provides survivability and connectivity throughout the network life. In PLDP, the amount of energy calculated and the decision is taken in the real time by FNs.