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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Network Engineering

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  • Coverage and network lifetime are critical challenges in visual sensor networks (VSNs).
  • Surveillance requires monitoring specific locations within set timeframes, often conflicting with resource limitations.
  • Balancing coverage and network lifetime is essential, frequently involving trade-offs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for scheduling sensor nodes to maximize spatial-temporal coverage of critical locations.
  • To address the constraint of limited network lifetime in visual sensor networks.
  • To optimize resource allocation for enhanced surveillance capabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Mathematical modeling of sensor node scheduling for spatial-temporal coverage.
  • A Two-phase Spatial-temporal Coverage-enhancing Method (TSCM) was proposed.
  • Phase one utilized Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for sensor direction optimization.
  • Phase two employed a Genetic Algorithm (GA) with novel coding/decoding for optimal node scheduling.

Main Results:

  • The proposed TSCM method demonstrated superior performance compared to existing approaches.
  • PSO effectively maximized the number of critical locations covered by optimizing sensor directions.
  • GA successfully determined optimal working time sequences for sensor nodes.
  • Simulations validated the effectiveness of the developed strategies.

Conclusions:

  • TSCM provides an effective solution for maximizing spatial-temporal coverage in VSNs under lifetime constraints.
  • The combination of PSO and GA offers a robust approach to sensor node scheduling.
  • This research contributes to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of surveillance systems.