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Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are an essential component of the Internet of Things (IoT), playing an increasingly important role in environmental monitoring, smart agriculture, and smart homes. However, the energy supply issue of WSNs has always been a critical bottleneck limiting their widespread application. Traditional disposable battery-powered methods are not only costly and difficult to maintain but also cause environmental pollution. As a result, wireless charging technology has emerged, providing new possibilities for the sustainable operation of WSNs. Drones (UAVs), as flexible aerial platforms, are viewed as one of the most promising energy supply carriers for Wireless Charging Sensor Networks (WCRSN). However, efficiently scheduling drones, optimizing charging paths, and ensuring the sustainable operation of WCRSN still face numerous challenges. This article will explore an innovative solution based on bus network-assisted drone scheduling strategies aimed at improving the sustainable charging efficiency of WCRSN.
First, we need to understand the limitations of traditional drone scheduling strategies. Traditional drone scheduling strategies typically rely on two methods: global optimization methods, such as linear programming and genetic algorithms, which attempt to find the optimal charging path to maximize network lifespan. However, these methods often require comprehensive global information about the entire network, leading to high computational complexity and difficulty adapting to large-scale, dynamically changing WSNs. The second is local optimization methods, such as greedy algorithms and shortest path algorithms, which select charging targets based on the demands and locations of nodes, either one by one or locally. While these methods are computationally efficient, they can easily fall into local optimum solutions, failing to guarantee overall energy supply efficiency. Additionally, traditional methods often overlook the network structure of WSNs, failing to fully utilize network information to guide drone scheduling.
The bus network-assisted drone scheduling strategy effectively compensates for the shortcomings of traditional methods by introducing the concept of a bus network. The core idea of this strategy is to deploy one or more physical or logical “buses” in the WSN, allowing sensor nodes to communicate their energy demand information to the drones via the bus. The drones then schedule and charge based on the information on the bus. The advantages of this strategy are mainly reflected in the following aspects:
1. Reduce information collection costs and improve scheduling efficiency: Traditional drone scheduling requires drones to actively detect or query the energy status of sensor nodes, which consumes a significant amount of drone energy and time. By using the bus network, sensor nodes can actively broadcast their energy demand information onto the bus, allowing drones to quickly understand the entire network’s energy status by simply listening to the bus. This passive information collection method greatly reduces drone energy consumption, shortens scheduling cycles, and enhances scheduling efficiency.
2. Reduce computational complexity and adapt to dynamic changes: Since the bus network provides global energy demand information, drones can use this information to employ simpler scheduling algorithms, such as energy threshold-based scheduling strategies, prioritizing charging nodes with energy below a certain threshold. This simple and effective algorithm can significantly reduce computational complexity and adapt to the dynamic changes of WSNs, ensuring the stable operation of WCRSN.
3. Optimize charging paths and enhance energy utilization: The bus network can provide connection relationships between nodes, allowing drones to utilize these connections to plan more efficient charging paths. For example, drones can fly along the bus, charging nearby nodes sequentially, thereby reducing unnecessary flight distances and improving energy utilization. Furthermore, through the bus network, drones can also acquire geographical location information of nodes, combining distances and energy demands to formulate more reasonable charging plans.
4. Achieve energy fairness and extend network lifespan: By using the bus network, drones can more accurately understand the energy status of each node, achieving fairer energy distribution. For instance, drones can adopt fairness-based scheduling algorithms, prioritizing charging nodes with lower energy levels to avoid premature failures due to energy depletion, thereby extending the overall lifespan of the network.
To further enhance the performance of bus network-assisted drone scheduling, several optimization aspects can be considered:
- Bus network topology optimization: The topology of the bus network directly affects the efficiency and reliability of information transmission. It is essential to choose an appropriate bus network topology, such as linear, star, or tree topology, based on the deployment environment and node distribution of the WSN. Additionally, redundant designs, such as multiple buses or relay nodes, can improve the reliability of the bus network.
- Optimization of drone scheduling algorithms: More efficient drone scheduling algorithms can be designed based on the specific application scenarios and energy demands of the WSN. For example, predictive scheduling strategies can be utilized to forecast future energy demands based on historical energy consumption data, allowing for proactive charging to prevent energy depletion.
- Energy-aware bus networks: Integrating energy awareness technology into the bus network can allow the network to not only transmit energy demand information but also sense the energy status of nodes, providing drones with more accurate energy information.
- Multi-drone collaborative scheduling: For large-scale WSNs, a single drone’s charging capability may not meet the demand. Multi-drone collaborative scheduling strategies can be employed, where multiple drones work together to charge different regions or nodes simultaneously, thus improving charging efficiency and reducing charging cycles.
In summary, the bus network-assisted drone scheduling strategy provides an innovative solution for the sustainable charging of WCRSNs. By introducing the bus network, it reduces information collection costs, enhances scheduling efficiency, optimizes charging paths, achieves energy fairness, and effectively extends the lifespan of WSNs. Future research directions should focus on bus network topology optimization, drone scheduling algorithm optimization, energy-aware bus networks, and multi-drone collaborative scheduling to further improve the performance of bus network-assisted drone scheduling strategies and promote the widespread application of WCRSN in various fields.
It is important to note that the construction and maintenance of the bus network will also incur certain costs, which need to be comprehensively considered in practical applications. However, compared to traditional disposable battery-powered methods, the bus network-assisted drone scheduling strategy can reduce operational costs, improve energy utilization, and is more environmentally friendly in the long run. Therefore, this strategy holds great application potential and warrants further research and promotion.
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🔗 References
[1] Zhou Fuhui, Zhang Xiang, Chen Liangbing, et al. Resource allocation method for drone-assisted wireless charging edge computing networks. CN201810762122.2[2025-02-24].
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