Intelligent UAV-Assisted Localisation to Conserve Battery Energy in Military Sensor Networks

P.Shunmuga Perumal; V. Rhymend Uthariaraj; V.R. Elgin Christo

doi:10.14429/dsj.64.5295

P.Shunmuga Perumal Ramanujan Computing Centre, Anna University, Chennai
V. Rhymend Uthariaraj Ramanujan Computing Centre, Anna University, Chennai
V.R. Elgin Christo Ramanujan Computing Centre, Anna University, Chennai

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.64.5295

Keywords: Military wireless sensor networks, localisation, localisation-computation cost, localisation-communication cost, localisation-coverage, WSN

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are extensively used in military applications for border area monitoring, battle-field surveillance, tracking enemy troops, where the sensor nodes run on battery power. Localisation of sensor nodes is extremely important to identify the location of event in military applications for further actions. Existing localisation algorithms consume more energy by heavy computation and communication overheads. The objective of the proposed research is to increase the lifetime of the military sensor networks by reducing the power consumption in each sensor node during localisation. For the state-of-the-art, we propose a novel intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle anchor node (IUAN) with an intelligent arc selection (IAS)-based centralised localisation algorithm, which removes computation cost and reduces communication cost at every sensor node. The IUAN collects the signal strength, distance data from sensor nodes and the central control station (CCS) computes the position of sensor nodes using IAS algorithm. Our approach significantly removes computation cost and reduces communication cost at each sensor node during localisation, thereby radically extends the lifetime and localisation coverage of the military sensor networks.

Science Journal, Vol. 64, No. 6, November 2014, pp.557-563, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.64.5295

Author Biographies

P.Shunmuga Perumal, Ramanujan Computing Centre, Anna University, Chennai

Mr P. Shunmuga Perumal received ME in VLSI Design from Anna University, India. He is pursuing his PhD form Anna University, Chennai, India. He is currently working as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Information Science and Technology, College of Engineering, Anna University, India. His research interests include : Wireless sensor networks, power generation, wireless networks and location based services.

V. Rhymend Uthariaraj, Ramanujan Computing Centre, Anna University, Chennai

Dr V. Rhymend Uthariaraj received his PhD from Anna University, Chennai, India. He is currently a Professor and Director at the Ramanujan Computing Centre, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, power generation, network security, pervasive computing, distributed computing and computer algorithms.

V.R. Elgin Christo, Ramanujan Computing Centre, Anna University, Chennai

Mr V.R. Elgin Christo received BTech in Information Technology from Anna University, Chennai, India. He is pursuing his MTech in Information Technology in Anna University, Chennai, India. His area of interests include : Wireless sensor networks, embedded systems, power generation, wireless networks, Algorithm designs and location based services.