In wireless sensor network, a connected dominating set (CDS) can be used as a virtual
backbone for efficient routing. Constructing a minimal CDS (MCDS) is good for packet …

In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), all nodes are energy constrained. Clustering is a kind of
energy efficient algorithm, while using a virtual backbone to organize the nodes is a better …

This paper models the delay-bounded energy-efficient backbone formation problem in
wireless sensor network (WSN) as the degree-constrained minimum weight connected …

In Wireless Sensor Networks, all nodes are energy constrained. There are no predefined
and no fixed infrastructures in networks. A Connected Dominating Set can be created by …

The 4th generation (4G) mobile access network and the core network are evolving towards a
secure, fast, and Internet Protocol-based network. With the emergence of next generation …

There is no physical backbone infrastructure in Wireless Sensor Networks and all nodes are
energy constrained. A virtual backbone can be created by different algorithms to organize …

Computing connected dominating sets (CDSs) have been widely used to construct virtual
backbones in wireless sensor networks, in order to control topology, facilitate routing and …

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are gaining more interest in a variety of applications. Of
their different characteristics and challenges, network management and lifetime elongation …

Energy efficiency is one of the major issues in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and their
applications. Distributed techniques with low message and time complexities are expected …

Future Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) will be composed of a large number of densely
deployed sensors. A key feature of such networks is that their nodes are untethered and …