Energy Efficiency Adaptation for Multihop Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are considered as a suitable solution for long-time and large-scale outdoor environmental monitoring. However, an important feature that distinguishes the WSNs from traditional monitoring systems is their energy constraints. In fact, these nodes have often a limited a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Computer Networks and Communications |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/767920 |
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Summary: | Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are considered as a suitable solution for long-time and large-scale outdoor environmental monitoring. However, an important feature that distinguishes the WSNs from traditional monitoring systems is their energy constraints. In fact, these nodes have often a limited and usually nonreplenishable power source. Therefore managing these limited resources is a key challenge. In this paper we use an optimization scheme based on adaptive modulation and power control for a green routing protocol. The optimization mechanism is subject to certain QoS requirements in terms of total end-to-end delay time and bit error rate. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can, theoretically, reduce the consumed energy of the sensor nodes almost to half. |
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ISSN: | 2090-7141 2090-715X |