Cooperative transmission (CT) enables balanced energy consumption among sensor nodes
and mitigates the energy hole problem in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In typical CT …

Duty cycling (DC) has been proven to be an efficient mechanism to reduce energy
consumption in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). On the other hand, cooperative …

In this study, a receiver initiated cooperative medium access control (RIC-MAC) protocol is
proposed for cooperative communications to reduce the energy consumption of wireless …

In this paper, we discuss how cooperative transmission (CT) can provide better services
and/or lower the initial cost compared to non-CT in wireless sensor networks. To see the …

An On-demand Scheduling Cooperative MAC protocol (OSC-MAC) is proposed to address
the energy hole problem in multi-hop wireless sensor networks (WSNs). By combining an on …

As Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) grow in popularity, researchers are now focusing
more on some challenging issues that significantly degrade overall performance, such as …

Cooperative transmission can significantly reduce the power consumption associated with
long distance transmission in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this paper, we analyze …

Cooperative communications can substantially improve the performance in fading channels.
However, in energy-constrained wireless sensor networks, the benefits of cooperation only …

Energy efficiency is one of the major goals for achieving green wireless communications.
The recent growth in ubiquitous wireless connections and multimedia applications demands …

This article presents a new Energy Efficient Distributed Receiver Based Cooperative
Medium Access Control protocol for wireless sensor networks (E 2 DRCMAC for WSNs) …