Simulating the Wireless Sensor Networks Coverage area

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are being Applied in many real-life applications due to their efficiency and reliability in an economic manner. Coverage area is an essential performance metric in evaluating each WSN. It represents the capability of the network to cover and monitor certain areas of interest. The coverage area is mainly depending on the sensor sensing radius. In this work, Different simulation scenarios are proposed to model the coverage area according to the area size, number of deployed sensors, sensor sensing radius, and deployment type. Simulation scenarios are performed to analyze test and evaluate the relation between the coverage area and the other network parameters and metrics for different suggested cases. Analytic regression models are created for these different suggested cases. These models are suitable to be used accurately without any need to repeat, execute or re-run the simulation programs. The suggested analytical equations show accurate results during their training and testing examples. The coverage area is depending on the sensing radius, the number of deployed sensors, the deployment approach (random or predefined), and the deployed area. The effect of these parameters on the coverage area is simulated and tested in different scenarios. Different regression curves and their equations are created and tested. These equations can be accurately used to estimate the coverage values.