research on wireless sensor networks topology models研究无线传感器网络拓扑模型.pdf

J. Software Engineering Applications, 2010, 3, 1167-1171 doi:10.4236/jsea.2010.312137 Published Online December 2010 (/journal/jsea) Research on Wireless Sensor Networks Topology Models Ziqing Zhang, Hai Zhao, Jian Zhu, Dazhou Li Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. Email: zhangziqing100@163.com, zhhai@ Received November 17th, 2010; revised November 28th, 2010; accepted December 14th, 2010. ABSTRACT The topology control is one of the research focuses in wireless sensor networks. Different network topologies will have different effects on the properties of the network, such as the reliability, energy consumption and latency. In order to study the relationship between the topology and the network performance, in this paper we have designed three kinds of topology models which are regular hexagon topology model, plane grid topology model and equilateral triangle topology model. Then the simulation experiments about these models have been implemented in NS2 and the simulation results show that the plane grid topology has the best reliability. Keywords: Wireless Sensor Network, Topology, Network Property, NS2 1. Introduction the number of nodes is requested few as far as possible. The fixed surveillance area completely. Simultaneously. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have wide fields of In recent years, the scholars all over the world have con- application [1-2]. As a basic problem in the wireless ducted relevant problems of topology, and certain pro- sensor network, the topology will directly affect the gress has been made. Besides, some optimal topolo- service quality of “perception” which can be provided by gical models have been put forward. Among whi