Data collection is one of the most fundamental and important operations in applications of
wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Recent research has shown that using mobile sink to …

Data gathering in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) using mobile sink (MS) reduces the
uneven energy consumption of the sensors. However, the data gathering delay increases …

In recent years, mobile sink based data collection is more popular because of various
advantages such as energy-efficient, minimize the isolated nodes, longer the network life …

In wireless sensor network, sensors are deployed to sense useful data from environment.
Sensors are energy‐constrained devices. To prolong the sensor network lifetime for large …

Wireless multimedia sensor networks can provide a much clearer picture of the sensed area
and thus significantly improve many applications. However, the increased amount of data …

Sink mobility has been proposed to optimize energy efficiency and lifetime for wireless
sensor networks (WSNs). Many novel data retrieving algorithms or protocols are proposed …

Energy saving in wireless sensor networks is a fundamental issue as most sensor nodes are
powered by batteries. The deployment of mobile sinks can alleviate the imbalance of energy …

Multihop communication in wireless sensor network (WSN) brings new challenges in
reliable data transmission. Recent work shows that data collection from sensor nodes using …

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 …

Abstract In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), sensors are deployed to sense useful data from
environment. To prolong the sensor network lifetime in large-scale network, mobile sinks are …