{"title":"A mobility-aware cluster-based MAC protocol for radio- frequency energy harvesting cognitive wireless sensor networks","authors":"Arif Obaid, Xavier Fernando, Muhammad Jaseemuddin","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12021","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12021","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cognitive wireless sensor networks (CWSN) are severely energy constrained and radio frequency (RF) wireless energy harvesting (RFWEH) has been shown to improve the network lifetime. In many CWSN applications, node mobility imposes challenges owing to changing network topology. Therefore, the design of a new medium access control (MAC) protocol that can handle node mobility as well as energy harvesting is required. A cluster-based multihop MAC protocol (RMAC-M) is proposed that incorporates RF energy harvesting in a mobility-aware CWSN. Our protocol selects cluster heads using an algorithm based on an R-factor parameter consisting of residual node energy, residual node data and node speed, with appropriate weights. It then transmits data packages using a multitier super cluster head routing mechanism without the need for neighbour discovery. The multitier clustering and RFWEH mechanisms boost the energy performance of the network, increasing its lifetime. On the other hand, time slots allocated for RFWEH increase delay, thereby affecting system latency. Owing to its unique nature, the proposed algorithm has no comparable protocols in the literature. For the sake of completeness, RMAC-M is compared with well-known MAC protocols such as LEACH-M and KoNMAC that do not have energy harvesting or mobility features. Simulation results show that the proposed protocol increases the lifetime of the CWSN nodes substantially, promising a self-sustainable network in terms of energy. Furthermore, despite the allocation of time slots for energy harvesting, critical network parameters such as throughput, packet loss and average delay remain within target levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 5","pages":"206-218"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73239116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distributed localization algorithm for wireless sensor networks using range lookup and subregion stitching","authors":"Farhan Khan, Sing Kiong Nguang","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12020","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>One of the ways in which localization algorithms in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been categorized is whether they are range-based or range-free. Range-based algorithms use expensive hardware to measure one or more physical quantities and, in turn, use them to localize nodes with greater precision. In contrast, range-free algorithms use coarse-grained quantities like connectivity to localize nodes with limited precision. A middle way between these two approaches can be called a partial range-based approach that can utilize the existing received signal strength indicator (RSSI) readings from sensor nodes to improve the already existing coarse-grained localization methods. Another important consideration in WSNs is that a distributed localization algorithm is more computationally feasible as compared to its centralized counterpart. Keeping these two considerations in mind, a distributed localization algorithm is proposed here which falls in the aforementioned partial range-based category. The proposed algorithm called RangeLookup-MDS first creates subregions using connectivity information only. This is followed by the collection of RSSI readings from individual sensor nodes that are used to perform range lookup for inter-node distance estimates in a lookup table. After that, relative localization in every subregion is performed using multidimensional scaling, and then the relative maps are stitched together to create a consistent (but relative) coordinate system. The algorithm also has the capability to compute absolute coordinates in two-dimensional if the stitching step is executed with at least three non-collinear anchor nodes with known locations. Simulation results on uniform as well as irregular networks of various sizes show that the proposed algorithm provides improved localization accuracy and reduces localization error up to 25% in comparison to a previous partial range-based localization algorithm.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 5","pages":"179-205"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78766461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexis Picard, Jean-Christophe Lapayre, Fouad Hanna, Ronnie Muthada Pottayya
{"title":"COMMA: A new LoRaWAN communication optimisation mechanism for mobility adaptation of IoT","authors":"Alexis Picard, Jean-Christophe Lapayre, Fouad Hanna, Ronnie Muthada Pottayya","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12017","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12017","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Communication protocols for the Internet of Things (IoT) have been optimised to meet the specific requirements of this fast-growing domain. They have been adapted mainly to optimise power consumption, maximise coverage area and facilitate their implementation. One of these protocols is LoRaWAN, which uses the ADR algorithm (<i>Adaptive Data Rate</i>) and aims to reduce power consumption by reducing data rate and transmission power. The ADR algorithm has been specifically optimised for static systems, that is, systems where devices do not move or have limited mobility. In this article, we introduce COMMA (<i>Communication Optimisation Mechanism for Mobility Adaptation</i>), an adaptive data rate mechanism optimised for everyday mobility of devices and people. We use COMMA in telemedicine, our area of expertise, to develop a medical remote-monitoring platform for mobile patients suffering from chronic diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 3","pages":"120-130"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82620775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fusion protocol for improving coverage and connectivity WSNs","authors":"Anand Singh Rajawat, Sumit Jain, Kanishk Barhanpurkar","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12018","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12018","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The authors proposed a fusion protocol using multilevel clustering (FPMC), which is completely dependent on the increased coverage and wireless sensor network (WSN) reliability-clustering framework to eliminate duplication. Therefore, a static sensor for a point of interest is allocated where possible so that the particular area can be protected. Furthermore, FPMC ensures that only one sensor node is allocated to cover a specific point of interest. The network coverage, energy usage, mean movement of WSNs nodes and sensor nodes are active in each loop due to which efficiency of the proposed protocol was assessed under various densities, and its performance was also analysed. Evaluations have shown that with restricted active nodes and sensor nodes, the FPMC can increase the networking coverage. The FPMC should be stressed as reducing the overlap level. The proposed protocol is based on the fusion protocol using multi-level clustering for improving coverage and connectivity WSNs.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 4","pages":"161-168"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79478034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and optimization of printed spiral coils for wireless passive sensors","authors":"Babak Noroozi, Bashir I. Morshed","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12019","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12019","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Monitoring physiological signals during regular life might provide many benefits including early detection of abnormalities and tracking the severities of diseases. A wireless connection between the passive sensor and the scanner eliminates the obtrusive wires, resolves battery-related issues, and makes it easy-to-use. We have previously proposed a wireless resistive analogue passive sensor technique that operates with the help of inductive coupling. The variation of resistive physiological transducer (secondary side) leads to amplitude modulation on the scanner coil (primary side). The design of printed spiral coil (PSC) on printed circuit board, significantly affects the performance of the overall system in terms of sensitivity, the output voltage change as a reflection of the transducer change. To optimize the PSC's profile and maximize the sensitivity, we employ three methods: iterative, analytical, and genetic algorithm (GA). The GA optimized PSCs, as the best result, have been fabricated and the measurement showed a sensitivity of 0.72 mƱ which has 5% (8.8%) deviation from the simulation (theoretical) results. This method can be utilized to design a PSC pair in near-field applications to transfer amplitude modulation with various sizes and fabrication constraints.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 4","pages":"169-178"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84810283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coverage improvement using Voronoi diagrams in directional sensor networks","authors":"Zahra Zarei, Mozafar Bag-Mohammadi","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12015","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12015","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recently, the area coverage problem has emerged in the directional sensor network (DSN), where the sensor's sensed area depends on its working direction and viewing angle. This study has proposed a new algorithm based on the Voronoi diagram, called prioritized geometric area coverage (PGAC), to increase DSN's covered area. In a Voronoi diagram, all internal points of a convex polygon (cell) formed around a sensor are closer to the sensor than any other sensor. Therefore, the best sensor for covering a Voronoi cell area is the corresponding sensor of the cell. In contrast to similar approaches, PGAC considers the relation between the cell area and the sensor's covered area when selecting a sensor's working direction. It categorizes Voronoi cells, based on their geometric sizes, into three categories. In each category, PGAC adjusts the sensor's working direction to maximize the covered area and minimize the overlapping between adjacent cells. It also turns off redundant sensors for extending the network lifetime. Our simulation results showed that PGAC increases the covered area and decreases the number of active sensors compared to similar methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 3","pages":"111-119"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83567199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distributed consensus-based routing protocol with multiple mobile sinks support for wireless sensor network","authors":"Nor Azimah Khalid, Quan Bai, Adnan Al-Anbuky","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12016","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12016","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Non-uniform node distribution in a randomly deployed network causes inefficient routing when some abnormality or events at certain parts of the network cannot be detected due to a coverage hole problem. Existing works to improve routing efficiency in randomly deployed network utilise mobile sink to prolong nodes lifetime is either centred around the static sink or movement through random patterns. Few works had considered multiple mobile sinks to route packets in such network distribution. In fact, important aspect such as collaborations among mobile sinks is not well considered, where the decision made by each mobile sink in most existing approaches tend to maximise the individual sink's utility rather than benefiting wider parts of the network. Thus, a decision based on consensus may benefit more parties and eventually lead to better decision. A distributed collaboration mechanism may assist nodes mobility in improving routing efficiency. Thus, the authors proposed the consensus-based routing protocol, which aims to improve routing efficiency in randomly deployed network, by deciding relocation of mobile sinks based on coverage factor, in order to reduce energy consumption, providing more balance sinks distribution and better network coverage. Simulation results show good performances of proposed approach in terms of nodes lifetime, energy consumption, delay, packet delivery ratio and coverage hole, compared to other existing protocols.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 3","pages":"131-145"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81359077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lifetime enhancement of wireless sensor network using solar energy harvesting technique","authors":"Harmandeep Kaur, Avtar Singh Buttar","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12008","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The finite energy of batteries associated with wireless sensor networks is a major constraint, which limits its lifetime. One of the methods to overcome this major limitation is the energy harvesting (EH) systems. There are many energy sources available nowadays, but solar energy is flexible, mature and is an external power source; so, it is broadly utilised for EH in the wireless sensor network to enhance the life of the network. The solar EH technique along with the low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy protocol is applied. The charging and discharging curves of the battery and energy status of the nodes are propounded. The simulation results demonstrate that the lifetime of the battery and the network gets augmented after applying the solar EH technique.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 1","pages":"54-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86599568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new energy aware cluster head selection for LEACH in wireless sensor networks","authors":"Sina Einavi Pour, Reza Javidan","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12007","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Internet of Things (IoTs) as a new network pattern for the intelligent world usually uses wireless sensor networks (WSNs) as a perception layer which consisted of numerous number of sensor nodes scattered in the environment to gather intended information. The selected information then is sent to a base station (BS) to be sent to cloud server for further processing. Since the energy of sensor nodes is limited, the most significant challenge in these networks is reducing the energy consumption of the network. It is proved that dividing the network to clusters can significantly reduce the energy consumption. One of the most popular clustering protocols in WSNs is the Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH). In this protocol, cluster heads (CHs) are selected randomly which results in poor performance in real scenarios. In this article, a new energy aware CH selection algorithm is proposed which selects CHs based on the residual energy, the position and centrality of nodes. It uses a variable range upon which the centrality and the number of neighbours of each node are calculated. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms LEACH, Multi-hope Routing with LEACH (MR-LEACH) and Enhanced Multi-hop LEACH (EM-LEACH) in terms of reducing energy consumption, increasing network lifetime and improving network reliability.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 1","pages":"45-53"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83135039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leila Saadatdoost, Homayun Motameni, Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Andargoli, Reza Ghazalian
{"title":"Sensing node selection and mobile sink displacement in the environments with multiple targets","authors":"Leila Saadatdoost, Homayun Motameni, Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Andargoli, Reza Ghazalian","doi":"10.1049/wss2.12013","DOIUrl":"10.1049/wss2.12013","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In target tracking scenarios, a suitable sensor selection method in combination with designing mobile sinks (MSes) movement path is a promising solution to maximise the lifetime of the wireless sensor network (WSN). The lifetime optimization problem is non-deterministic polynomial-time hardness (NP-hard) and its optimal solution requires an exhaustive search with the exponential complexity. To tackle this issue, the original problem is separated into two more tractable sub-problems: first, the MSes' assignment and their positions' calculations, second, the SN assignment problem. The SNs assignment problem is an integer programing, which is relaxed to the more tractable form. Moreover, its solution results in a priority function which is combined with a numerical search algorithm to select the SNs. In the proposed framework, based on the estimated path of each target, a MS is assigned to the target. Besides, the MSes optimum position in the next rounds are calculated. Afterwards, for each target at each round, sensing nodes (SNs) are selected based on the targets' position and the MSes' position. Simulation results show that proposed solution increases the network's lifetime considerably in comparison with the benchmark algorithms while its complexity is much lower than that of the optimal exhaustive search algorithm.</p>","PeriodicalId":51726,"journal":{"name":"IET Wireless Sensor Systems","volume":"11 4","pages":"147-160"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/wss2.12013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85670563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}