Energy-Efficient Route Selection Strategies for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) facilitate monitoring and controlling of physical environments from remote locations with the best possible accuracy. Sensor networks are wireless networks consisting of groups of small, inexpensive nodes, which collect and disseminate critical data. Also, sensor node...

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Published in:Mobile networks and applications 2008-08, Vol.13 (3-4), p.285-296
Main Authors: Vergados, Dimitrios J., Pantazis, Nikolaos A., Vergados, Dimitrios D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Communications Engineering
Computer Communication Networks
Connectivity
Electrical Engineering
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Engineering
IT in Business
Network topologies
Networks
Protocol
Routing
Sensors
Studies
Wireless networks
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Summary:Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) facilitate monitoring and controlling of physical environments from remote locations with the best possible accuracy. Sensor networks are wireless networks consisting of groups of small, inexpensive nodes, which collect and disseminate critical data. Also, sensor nodes have various energy and computational constraints due to their inexpensive nature and ad hoc method of deployment. Considerable research has been focused on overcoming these deficiencies through low-energy consumption schemes. Among other factors, the route selection strategy may have an impact on the sensors lifetime, and following on the network lifetime. In this paper, we study various route selection strategies that aim at prolonging the lifetime of WSNs. Also, a new route selection scheme is proposed, that increases further the network lifetime. The performance of these schemes is analyzed through simulation.
ISSN:1383-469X
1572-8153
DOI:10.1007/s11036-008-0098-5