Emerging technologies, such as the Internet of Things, smart applications, smart grids, and
machine-to-machine networks stimulate the deployment of autonomous, self-configuring …

The concentration of data traffic towards the sink in a wireless sensor network causes the
nearby nodes to deplete their batteries quicker than other nodes, which leaves the sink …

Abstract As Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Internet of Things (IoTs) applications
evolve, the need for robust protocols, capable to guarantee extended lifetime and high …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are one of the key enabling technologies for the internet
of things (IoT). WSNs play a major role in data communications in applications such as …

In wireless sensor networks, exploiting the sink mobility has been considered as a good
strategy to balance the nodes energy dissipation. Despite its numerous advantages, the …

Hierarchical routing in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a very important topic that has
been attracting the research community in the last decade. Typical hierarchical routing is …

With the development and popularization of mobile terminal technology, mobile wireless
sensor networks (MWSNs) have become a new evolution trend in wireless sensor networks …

In a typical wireless sensor network, the batteries of the nodes near the sink deplete quicker
than other nodes due to the data traffic concentrating towards the sink, leaving it stranded …

Sink mobility has long been recognized as an efficient method of improving system
performance in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), eg relieving traffic burden from a specific …

Due to dynamic topology, resource constraints and the distributed nature of WSNs, several
requirements of routing protocols needs to be fulfilled. Wireless sensor networks comprise of …