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Sensors 2011, 11, 3418-3438; doi:10.3390/s110403418 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article A QoS-Guaranteed Coverage Precedence Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks Joe-Air Jiang 1,*, Tzu-Shiang Lin 1, Cheng-Long Chuang 1, Chia-Pang Chen 1, Chin-Hong Sun 2,3, Jehn-Yih Juang 2, Jiun-Chuan Lin 2 and Wei-Wen Liang 3 1 Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan; E-Mails: .tw (T.-S.L.); richardchuang@.tw (C.-L.C.); supercjb@.tw (C.-P.C.) 2 Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan; E-Mails: chsun@.tw (C.-H.S.); jjuan g@.tw (J.-Y.J.); jclin@.tw (J.-C.L.) 3 Taiwan Geographic Information System Center, 6F 7 Roosevelt Road, Sec. 1, Taipei 10092, Taiwan; E-Mail: samuel_liang@.tw (W.-W.L.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: jajiang@.tw; Tel.: +886-2-3366-5341; Fax: +886-2-2362-7620. Received: 28 January 2011; in revisedform: 9 March 2011 / Accepted: 21 March 2011 / Published: 24 March 2011 Abstract: For mission-critical applications of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) involving extensive battlefield surveillance, medical healthcare, etc., it is crucial to have low-power, new protocols, methodologies and structures for transferring data and information in a network with full sensing coverage capability for an extended working period. The upmost mission is to ensure that the network is fully functional providing reliable transm