EMIP: energy-efficient itinerary planning for multiple mobile agents in wireless sensor network

Junfeng Wang (), Yin Zhang (), Zhuanli Cheng () and Xuan Zhu ()
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Junfeng Wang: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yin Zhang: Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Zhuanli Cheng: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Xuan Zhu: Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Telecommunication Systems: Modelling, Analysis, Design and Management, 2016, vol. 62, issue 1, No 9, 93-100

Abstract: Abstract As software entities that migrate among nodes, mobile agents (MAs) are able to deliver and execute codes for flexible application re-tasking, local processing, and collaborative signal and information processing. In contrast to the conventional wireless sensor network operations based on the client–server computing model, recent research has shown the efficiency of agent-based data collection and aggregation in collaborative and ubiquitous environments. In this paper, we consider the problem of calculating multiple itineraries for MAs to visit source nodes in parallel. Our algorithm iteratively partitions a directional sector zone where the source nodes are included in an itinerary. The length of an itinerary is controlled by the angle of the directional sector zone in such a way that near-optimal routes for MAs can be obtained by selecting the angle efficiently in an adaptive fashion. Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm as well as its performance gain over alternative approaches.

Keywords: Mobile agents; Multi-agent; Itinerary planning; Wireless sensor networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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