Energy conservation is one of the primary goals of the majority of MAC protocols designed for wireless sensor networks. In Sensor-MAC (S-MAC), one of the first MAC protocols design...
— The large number of network nodes and the energy constraints make Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) one of the most important application fields for Cooperative Diversity. Node c...
Aitor del Coso, Umberto Spagnolini, Christian Ibar...
—An energy-efficient, reliable and timely data transmission is essential for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) employed in scenarios where plant information must be available for ...
Pan Gun Park, Carlo Fischione, Alvise Bonivento, K...
Abstract. The resource limited nature of WSNs require that protocols implemented on these networks be energy-efficient, scalable and distributed. This paper presents an analysis of...
The following paper deals with criterion used to measure communication protocol efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks. As energy is a crucial characteristic of those networks, it...