Research Article

Fault-Tolerant Relay Node Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks for Surveillance of Overhead Transmission Lines

Table 1

Frequently used notations.

NotationDescriptionNotationDescription

Relay node of wireless sensor networkCellular module for transmission
Sensor data in pole Energy consumption for (.)
Compare ratio for dataDistance between a and b
Time delay for (.)Set of relay nodes in group
Transmission rate for (.)Time delay
Coverage range for cellular module Frequency of occurred fault
Magnetoelectric transducer in pole Solar panel in pole
Magnetoelectric harvesting rateSolar charging rate
.Expense of equipment (.)Observation time
Fault in pole Threshold for delay
Time to repair in pole Time between failures in pole
Vector for RN backup Vector for CM backup