Int J Performability Eng ›› 2019, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (8): 2249-2257.doi: 10.23940/ijpe.19.08.p25.22492257

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A Comparison of Mobile Vehicles for Data Collection and Wireless Charging

Yu Sheng, Weirong Liu, Yating Li, Ping Zhong*, and Guihua Duan   

  1. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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  • Contact: * E-mail address: ping.zhong@csu.edu.cn
  • About author:Yu Sheng received his Ph.D. degree in computer science and Technology from Central South University, China. He is currently an associate professor in the school of computer science and engineering, Central South University. His research interests are natural language processing, virtualization and embedded systems. Weirong Liu received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently an associate professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Central South University. His research interests are cooperative control, nonlinear control, wireless sensor networks, and embedded systems. Yating Li received her BEng degree in computer and information engineering from Henan University in 2016. She is currently working toward an MS degree in computer science and engineering at Central South University. Her research interests include wireless sensor networks, network optimization, wireless communication, and mobile computing. Ping Zhong received her Ph.D. in communication and information systems from Xiamen University in 2011. She is currently an associate professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Central South University. Her current research interests include network optimization, wireless communication, mobile computing, and computer networks. Guihua Duan received her Ph.D. in computer science and technology from Central South University in 2008. She is currently an associate professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Central South University. Her current research interests include bioinformatics, information security, and computer networks.
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (No. 2018JJ3692), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61672539), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University (No. 2018zzts599).

Abstract: There are two ways to collect data and charge nodes based on mobile vehicles in wireless rechargeable sensor networks (WRSNs). One involves using single function vehicles, data collection vehicles (DCVs), and wireless charging vehicles (WCVs) to collect data and supply energy to sensors. The other involves using dual function vehicles, simultaneous data collection, and wireless charging vehicles (DC-WCVs) to gather data and supply energy to sensors. In order to compare and analyze the performance difference of these two ways, we classify and summarize related works in the field of mobile vehicles in sensor networks. Furthermore, we validate the network performance differences between the two ways through experimental verification and observe that the network lifetime and collected data amount are higher in networks using single function vehicles. The tour length of dual function vehicles is smaller in networks using dual function vehicles. Finally, we propose suitable vehicles to collect data and charge nodes for different optimization objectives.

Key words: single function vehicles, dual function vehicles, wireless rechargeable sensor networks, network performance difference