Load is a key magnitude for studying network performance for large-scale wireless sensor
networks that are expected to support pervasive applications like personalized health-care …

A key issue in studying the performance of wireless sensor networks is the study of load and,
depending on the case, different definitions can be found in the literature. These definitions …

In a multi-hop wireless sensor network (WSN), the traffic load is not evenly distributed over
the nodes. For example, the sensors which are one hop away from the sink relay the whole …

Today Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) can be found in many application areas, eg they
are used in smart home systems or in industrial settings in order to monitor and control …

In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), simulation practices, system models, algorithms, and
protocols have been published worldwide based on the assumption of randomness. The …

The energy expended by sensor nodes in data communication makes up a significant
quantum of their total energy consumption. Consequently, a mathematical model that can …

This is the second part of the survey of recent and emerging topics in wireless networking.
We provide an overview of the area of wireless networking as that of dealing with problems …

Wireless sensor networks are the collection of wireless nodes that are deployed to monitor
certain phenomena of interest. Once the node takes measurements it transmits to a base …

Energy consumption is one of the most important challenges for wireless sensor networks
that need to be addressed. In addition to the proposed and developed many protocols in the …

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are expected to be the next technology to have a huge
impact on society. WSNs consist of a large number of tiny sensors which integrate sensing …