The design of sustainable wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a very challenging issue. On
the one hand, energy-constrained sensors are expected to run autonomously for long …

Mobile elements trajectory optimization is one of the most important and efficient ways to
enhance the performance of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In the last 15 years …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have emerged as an effective solution for a wide range of
applications. Most of the traditional WSN architectures consist of static nodes which are …

Message ferrying is a networking paradigm where a special node, called a message ferry,
facilitates the connectivity in a mobile ad hoc network where the nodes are sparsely …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been proposed as powerful means for in situ
observation of events and environments over long periods of time [1]. A large number of …

Several recent works have studied mobile vehicle scheduling to recharge sensor nodes via
wireless energy transfer technologies. Unfortunately, most of them overlooked important …

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has recently emerged as a new networking technology
offering an unprecedented programmability that allows network operators to dynamically …

The longevity of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a major issue that impacts the
application of such networks. While communication protocols are striving to save energy by …

Deploying a multi-hop underwater acoustic sensor network (UASN) in a large area brings
about new challenges in reliable data transmissions and survivability of network due to the …

We live in the era of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), which is an extension of Vehicular
AdHoc Networks (VANETs). In VANETs, vehicles act as nodes connected with each other …