Optimization of Mobile Sink Movement in the Gathering Spatio-Temporal Data Process from Air Pollution Sensors

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks are often used to monitor the air quality in large cities. Data collection and transmission are the most important operations of WSN. Various techniques for spatial-temporal data gathering have been designed recent years. The main goal of these methods is to increase the life of the geosensor network. Using mobile sinks is one of the most popular method for solving this problem. This work describes the simulation of data gathering using mobile sinks by Manufacturing and Transportation Simulation System. Authors analyzed ways to optimize the mobile sink movement in the process of gathering spatio-temporal data.