Fig 1

Coverage shapes with different ${\boldsymbol{l}}_{{\bf{max}}}/{\boldsymbol{d}}_{\boldsymbol{1}}$ "

Fig 2

Coverages of deployment patterns ${\boldsymbol{P}}_{\boldsymbol{1}}^{\boldsymbol{4}}$ and ${\boldsymbol{F}}_{\boldsymbol{1}}^{\boldsymbol{4}}$ "

Fig 3

Linear barrier coverage formed by ${{\boldsymbol{P}}^{\boldsymbol{1}}},{{\boldsymbol{F}}^{\boldsymbol{4}}},\;{\bf{and}}\;{{\boldsymbol{P}}^{\boldsymbol{2}}}$ "

Fig 4

MPS and the coverage lengths of the deployment patterns"

Fig 5

Coordinate axis of the coverage length"

Fig 6

Descriptions of the deployment problems"

Fig 7

Illustration of the deployment sequence with location restriction"

Fig 8

Relationship between ${{\boldsymbol{c}}_{{{{\bf{tot}}}}}}$ and ${{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{{{\bf{tot}}}}}}$ for different ${\boldsymbol{\alpha}} \;{\bf{and}}\;{{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{\bf{max}} }}$ "

Fig 9

Relationship between the total number of transmitters and ${{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{{{\bf{tot}}}}}}$ for different ${\boldsymbol{\alpha}} \;{\bf{and}}\;{{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{\bf{max}} }}$ "

Fig 10

Tendency of the number of receivers in ${{\boldsymbol{F}}^{\boldsymbol{n}}}$ for different ${\boldsymbol{\alpha}} ,{{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{\bf{max}} }}$ "

Fig 11

Relationship between the total number of receivers and ${{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{{{\bf{tot}}}}}}$ for different ${\boldsymbol{\alpha}} \;{\bf{and}}\;{{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{\bf{max}} }}$ "

Fig 12

Relationship between ${{\boldsymbol{c}}_{{{{\bf{tot}}}}}}$ and ${{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{{{\bf{tot}}}}}}$ for different ${\boldsymbol{\alpha}} \;{\bf{and}}\;{{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{\bf{max}} }}$ , when ${{\boldsymbol{l}}_{\boldsymbol{0}}} = {\boldsymbol{3}}\;{{{\bf{km}}}}$ "

Fig 13

Relationship between the total number of transmitters and ${{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{{{\bf{tot}}}}}}$ for different ${\boldsymbol{\alpha }}\;{\bf{and}}\;{{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{\bf{max }}}}$ , when ${{\boldsymbol{l}}_{\boldsymbol{0}}} = {\boldsymbol{3}}\;{{{\bf{km}}}}$ "

Fig 14

Relationship between ${{\boldsymbol{c}}}_{{{\bf{tot}}}}$ and ${{\boldsymbol{l}}}_{{{\bf{tot}}}}$ for different ${\boldsymbol{\alpha}} \;{\bf{and}}\;{{\boldsymbol{l}}_{{\bf{max}} }}$ "

Fig 15

Comparision for ${{\boldsymbol{c}}_{{{{\bf{tot}}}}}}$ under different deployment conditions "

Fig 16

Comparision for the total number of transmitters under different deployment conditions"

Fig 17

Comparision for the total number of receivers under different deployment conditions"