DECENTRALISED COORDINATION ALGORITHM FOR MINIMISING CONFLICT AND MAXIMISING COVERAGE IN SENSOR NETWORKS
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1. A method of creating a sensor network from a plurality of sensing devices, the method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of subsets of the sensing devices, each of the subsets providing sensing quality coverage; and
adjusting communication signal strengths of the sensing devices in the subsets to seek to enable direct or indirect communication between active sensing devices in all of the plurality of subsets, thereby creating a sensor network.
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Abstract
A method of creating a sensor network from a plurality of sensing devices that includes identifying a plurality of subsets of the sensing devices, each of the subsets providing a preferred (e.g., desired or specified) sensing quality coverage. Communication signal strengths of the sensing devices in the subsets are adjusted to seek to enable direct or indirect communication between active sensing devices in all of the plurality of subsets, thereby creating a sensor network.
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1. A method of creating a sensor network from a plurality of sensing devices, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of subsets of the sensing devices, each of the subsets providing sensing quality coverage; and adjusting communication signal strengths of the sensing devices in the subsets to seek to enable direct or indirect communication between active sensing devices in all of the plurality of subsets, thereby creating a sensor network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A sensor network system, comprising:
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a plurality of sensing devices, wherein at least one of the sensing devices each includes; a processor configured to identify a plurality of subsets of the sensing devices, each of the subsets providing a sensing quality coverage; and a processor configured to adjust communication signal strengths of the sensing devices in the subsets to seek to enable direct or indirect communication between active said sensing devices in all of the plurality of subsets, thereby creating a sensor network. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A sensing device comprising:
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a processor configured to; identify a subset including the sensing device and at least one other sensing device, the subsets providing a sensing quality coverage; and adjust a communication signal strength of the sensing devices to seek to enable direct or indirect communication between active sensing devices in a plurality of subsets of sensing devices, thereby creating a sensor network.
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14. A computer program product, comprising:
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a non-transistory computer readable medium, having stored thereon computer program code such that, when the program code is loaded, will cause the computer execute a method creating a sensor network from a plurality of sensing devices, the method comprising; identifying a plurality of subsets of the sensing devices, each of the subsets providing a sensing quality coverage; and adjusting communication signal strengths of the sensing devices in the subsets to seek to enable direct or indirect communication between active sensing devices in all of the plurality of subsets, thereby creating a sensor network.
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15. A method of selecting sensors for use in a sensor network, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of sensors; and identifying subsets of sensors from the plurality of sensors, each said subset having a connectivity graph that is triangle-free.
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