The energy balancing capability of cooperative communication is utilized to solve the energy
hole problem in wireless sensor networks. We first propose a cooperative transmission …

Energy hole is an inherent problem in wireless sensor networks, which results from heavier
traffic loads of nodes nearer to the sink, and leads to significant network lifetime reduction …

Energy efficiency (EE) is an important factor for the deployment of wireless sensor networks.
Cooperative communication can help to reduce energy consumption for long distance data …

In order to improve the energy saving performance of cooperative communication, a novel
power allocation solution, named Half Transmission Power Allocation Solution (HTPAS), is …

Energy balancing and energy efficiency are very important in prolong network life. In
wireless sensor networks, cooperative MIMO technology has become a research hotspot in …

We consider an energy harvesting for cooperative wireless sensor networks with a nonlinear
power consumption model. The information transmission from the source node to the …

Cooperative communication has been shown to provide significant performance gains over
fading channels in wireless networks, as well as enhancement of the energy efficiency in …

In wireless sensor networks, energy harvesting is developed as an effective way to solve
energy drain problem of nodes which powered by battery, just like that cooperative …

In this paper, we investigate a joint power allocation and relay selection scheme for energy
efficient cooperation in energy harvesting-wireless sensor networks (EH-WSN). We mainly …

In this paper, we study the energy efficiency of bidirectional wireless information and power
transfer in cooperative sensor networks, where the relay node can decode and forward …