Xin Zhai

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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2026
0009-0005-1749-9164ORCID · reported

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Computer networks · 1 · 1 since 2021

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Computer networks
1 paper
Internet of things and sensor networks · 100%

Topics — the 3 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Internet of things and sensor networks › wireless charging
charger placement
1.012026
Minimum-Cost Charger Deployment for Long-Running Multitask Applications in Large-Scale Sensor Networks · IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 2026
Internet of things and sensor networks
wireless sensor network
1.012026
Minimum-Cost Charger Deployment for Long-Running Multitask Applications in Large-Scale Sensor Networks · IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 2026
Internet of things and sensor networks › wireless sensor network › data collection
mobile data gathering
0.312026
Minimum-Cost Charger Deployment for Long-Running Multitask Applications in Large-Scale Sensor Networks · IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 2026

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

submodular cover · 1.0linear programming · 1.0greedy algorithm · 1.0
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2026 Minimum-Cost Charger Deployment for Long-Running Multitask Applications in Large-Scale Sensor Networks
abstract
Wireless sensor networks face significant challenges in large-scale multitask scenarios (LSM-WSNs), where traditional data collection methods lead to high energy consumption and packet collisions. Mobile data collection, employing mobile collectors, mitigates these issues but introduces electricity shortages due to limited battery capacity. This paper addresses the core research problem of minimizing charger deployment costs while ensuring uninterrupted power for mobile collectors in long-running LSM-WSNs. We formulate the Minimum-Cost Charger Deployment (MCCD) problem, prove its NP-hardness, and establish its equivalence to the Overflow-Free MCCD (OF-MCCD) problem. By refining constraints and transforming OF-MCCD into a Minimum-Cost Submodular Cover (MCSC) problem, we propose a greedy algorithm with an approximation ratio of$ln\gamma +1$, where$\gamma$is a system parameter. Further, we extend MCCD problem to adjustable power allocation case, showing that continuous power allocation reduces to linear programming, while discrete power allocation remains NP-hard, for which we devise an efficient$ln\gamma +1$-approximation solution. Additionally, we tackle the Charger Deployment Extension (CDE) problem for evolving network requirements. The unique contributions include the first systematic study of cost-optimal charger deployment for LSM-WSNs, novel problem formulations, and theoretically grounded algorithms with provable guarantees. Simulations validate that our solutions outperform baselines across diverse scenarios.
Lijie Xu, Longsheng Chai, Tianyu Pang, Xin Zhai, Jia Xu 0003
IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput.4