Hybrid sensor networks: a small world

In this paper, we investigate the use of limited infrastructure, in the form of wires, for improving the energy efficiency of a wireless sensor network. We call such a sensor network - a wireless sensor network with a limited infrastructural support - a hybrid sensor network. The wires act as short cuts to bring down the average hop count of the network, resulting in a reduced energy dissipation per node. Our results indicate that adding a few wires to a wireless sensor network can not only reduce the average energy expenditure per sensor node, but also the non-uniformity in the energy expenditure across the sensor nodes. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.1 [Computer-Communication Networks]: Network Architecture and Design; G.3 [Probability and Statistics]: Probabilistic algorithms General Terms Algorithms, Performance, Theory, Design Keywords Sensor Networks, Graph Theory, Small World Networks, System Design, and Routing.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: MOBIHOC
• Authors: Gaurav Sharma, Ravi Mazumdar
• Keywords: Hybrid Sensor Network, Keywords Sensor Networks, MOBIHOC 2005, Wireless Networks, Wireless Sensor Network