Path Determination Algorithm of Mobile Sinks for Energy Efficient Data Collection and Optimal Coverage in Wireless Sensor Network

Abstract

This paper deals with the movement pattern of mobile sinks in Wireless Sensor Network for efficient collection of information by the mobile sinks. We propose a path determination algorithm for the sinks to move in the network and cover the whole network area as much as possible. Multiple mobile sinks will move in their defined path based on the path determination algorithm to collect data from static sensor nodes. The performance of our proposed algorithm is studied based on the metric like energy consumption by the static sensor nodes and the mobile sinks as well as delay and network life time. Furthermore we have compared our algorithm with other existing algorithms and have found that the proposed algorithm gives better result in terms of energy consumption and network lifetime.