An Angle Partitioning Based Algorithm for the ECFRD Problem in Wireless Sensor Network

Abstract

Energy-Constrained Ferry Route Design (ECFRD) Problem is an NP-hard problem to minimize the total route length of a message ferry to access all the sensor nodes in a sparse wireless sensor network, while the route length of a tour under a given value due to the energy constraint. In this paper, we propose an angle partitioning based algorithm (APBA) to solve the ECFRD problem. In APBA, the nodes are partitioned into groups according to the tangent angles of their coordinates, and the route length of each group will not exceed the energy constraint. The experimental results show that APBA can greatly reduce the total route length of the ferry. In the best case, 35% of the total route length can be saved, comparing previous nearest neighbor based split and route algorithms.