The lifetime of wireless sensor networks can be increased by minimizing the number of active nodes that provide complete coverage, while switching off the rest. In this paper, we ...
—A multi-party contract signing (MPCS) protocol allows a set of parties to exchange messages with each other to reach a state in which either each of them has a pre-agreed contra...
Energy assessment of MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks is generally based on the times of transmit, receive and sleep modes. The switching energy between two consecutive ...
Antonio G. Ruzzelli, Gregory M. P. O'Hare, Richard...
In many instances, an ad hoc network consists of nodes with different hardware and software capabilities as well as power limitations. This is the case of ad hoc grids where devi...
Guoqiang Wang, Yongchang Ji, Dan C. Marinescu, Dam...
Future vehicular networks are expected to deploy shortrange communication technology for inter-vehicle communication. In addition to vehicle-to-vehicle communication, users will b...