This paper addresses the data acquisition problem in sensor networks using mobile sinks.
Sensor nodes' low computational capabilities and limited energy motivate our design of a …

This paper addresses the problem of data acquisition in ad hoc and sensor networks with
mobile sinks and proposes a protocol based on swarm intelligence, SIMPLE, to route data in …

Recent work has shown that sink mobility along a constrained path can improve the energy
efficiency in wireless sensor networks. However, due to the path constraint, a mobile sink …

A plethora of applications in our daily life uses the assistance of wireless sensor networks.
The main drawback of the sensors is the resource constrained nature especially with regard …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can effectively address the issue with the static sink's sink-
hole or hot spot brought on by multi-hop routing by data collecting using mobile sinks (MS) …

Abstract Wireless Sensor Networks have been deployed for various purposes like military
applications, surveillance in volcanic or remote regions, etc. But one of the major challenges …

This paper presents a modeling framework for characterizing the feasibility and impacts of
multi-hop packet routing in sensor networks with mobile sinks. Data collection in sensor …

Given a wireless sensor network (WSN) in which a mobile sink is used to collect data from
the sensor nodes, this paper addresses the problem of selecting a set of stop points that …

The design of an effective and robust data gathering algorithm is crucial to the overall
performance of wireless sensor networks (WSN). However, using traditional routing …

In many significant characteristics of the modern world, including particular industry,
agriculture, and military applications, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have begun to …