A mobile wireless sensor network (M-WSN) consists of sensors equipped with locomotive
platforms to allow movement after initial deployment. M-WSNs are useful for environments …

The coverage problem, as a fundamental problem for almost all types of applications in
wireless sensor networks (WSNs), has been studied for over a decade. Because of its …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have many fields of application, including industrial,
environmental and military domains. Monitoring a given zone is one of the main goals of this …

External border surveillance is critical to the security of every state and the challenges it
poses are changing and likely to intensify. Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are a low cost …

Mobile wireless sensor networks have been extensively deployed for enhancing
environmental monitoring and surveillance. The availability of low-cost mobile robots …

Barrier coverage is a critical issue in wireless sensor networks deployed in security
applications (eg, border protection), whose performance strongly depends on the locations …

Barrier coverage is a critical issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for security
applications, which however cannot be guaranteed to be formed after initial random …

In this paper, we define a new type of coverage problem named target-barrier coverage
problem in wireless sensor networks. A target-barrier is a continuous circular barrier formed …

Low-cost mini-drones with advanced sensing and maneuverability enable a new class of
intelligent visual sensing systems. This potential motivated several research efforts to …

Critical homeland security applications, such as international border surveillance and zone
monitoring in case of biological attacks, require the timely creation of a barrier of sensors …