The Node Arrangement Methodology of Wireless Sensor Networks for Long-Span Bridge Health Monitoring

Joint Authors

YI, Ting-Hua
Zhou, Guang-Dong

Source

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

Issue

Vol. 2013, Issue - (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2013-10-05

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

8

Main Subjects

Telecommunications Engineering
Information Technology and Computer Science

Abstract EN

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs), which are a promising technology for the implementation of long-span bridge health monitoring, have gained increasing attention from both the research community and actual users.

The limited energy of sensor emphasizes the importance of performance optimization of WSNs.

In this paper, a methodology and strategy of node arrangement are developed to improve the performance of WSN for long-span bridge health monitoring, including balancing energy consumption, increasing data capacity, and reducing deployment cost.

A composite WSN organized by sensor nodes and relay nodes is introduced for structural health monitoring.

The energy consumption model of the composite WSN is firstly presented.

And then, the data acquisition efficiency (DAE) defined as data capacity per unit deployment cost is suggested to evaluate the performance of WSN.

Subsequently, the node arrangement is divided into two phases of sensor node arrangement and relay node arrangement.

An improved general genetic algorithm is proposed to configure sensor nodes, and a nonuniform node arrangement method is developed to distribute relay nodes.

Based on the DAE, the theoretical formulae of nonuniform node arrangement are deduced.

The process of two-phase node arrangement is also provided for practical bridge engineers.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Zhou, Guang-Dong& YI, Ting-Hua. 2013. The Node Arrangement Methodology of Wireless Sensor Networks for Long-Span Bridge Health Monitoring. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks،Vol. 2013, no. -, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-504563

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Zhou, Guang-Dong& YI, Ting-Hua. The Node Arrangement Methodology of Wireless Sensor Networks for Long-Span Bridge Health Monitoring. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Vol. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-504563

American Medical Association (AMA)

Zhou, Guang-Dong& YI, Ting-Hua. The Node Arrangement Methodology of Wireless Sensor Networks for Long-Span Bridge Health Monitoring. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. -, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-504563

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-504563