title: Node deployment algorithm based on viscous fluid model for wireless sensor networks.
abstract: With the scale expands, traditional deployment algorithms are becoming increasingly complicated than before, which are no longer fit for sensor networks. In order to reduce the complexity, we propose a node deployment algorithm based on viscous fluid model. In wireless sensor networks, sensor nodes are abstracted as fluid particles. Similar to the diffusion and self-propagation behavior of fluid particles, sensor nodes realize deployment in unknown region following the motion rules of fluid. Simulation results show that our algorithm archives good coverage rate and homogeneity in large-scale sensor networks.
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 21094, China.
authors.forename: Jiguang
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7748-5929
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 21094, China.
authors.forename: Huanyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D008823:Micelles; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology / Q000379:methods*; D012212:Rheology; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles