In multihop wireless sensor networks that are often characterized by many-to-one
(convergecast) traffic patterns, problems related to energy imbalance among sensors often …

The demand for maximum network lifetime in many mission-critical applications of wireless
sensor networks motivates the great significance to deploy as few sensors as possible to …

In multi-hop wireless sensor networks that are characterized by many-to-one (converge-
east) traffic patterns, problems related to energy imbalance among sensors often appear …

Network lifetime has become the key characteristic for evaluating sensor networks in an
application-specific way. Especially the availability of nodes, the sensor coverage, and the …

Transmission policy, in addition to topology control, routing, and MAC protocols, can play a
vital role in extending network lifetime. Existing transmission policies, however, cause an …

Energy conservation is an important design consideration for battery powered wireless
sensor networks (WSNET). Energy constraint in WSNETs limits the total amount of sensed …

Due to hardware, energy, cost and other physical constraints, sensor-based networks
present various design, implementation and deployment challenges. An analytical model is …

Node deployment is one of the most crucial issues in wireless sensor networks, and it is of
realistic significance to complete the deployment task with multiple types of application …

Unbalanced energy consumption is an inherent problem in wireless sensor networks
characterized by multihop routing and many-to-one traffic pattern, and this uneven energy …

We consider the problem of planning path and speed of a" data mule" in a sensor network.
This problem is encountered in various situations, such as modeling the motion of a data …