Hierarchical routing is an efficient way to lower energy consumption within a cluster. Due to
the characteristics of wireless channels, multi-hop communications between a data source …

A wireless sensor network comprises a number of inexpensive power constrained wireless
sensor nodes which collect data from the sensing environment and transmit them toward the …

Due to their rapid and promising development, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have
been predicted to invade all domains in our daily life in the near future. However in order to …

The LEACH algorithm for selecting cluster heads is a probabilistic method which produces
clusters with a large variation of link distances and uneven energy consumption during the …

As wireless sensor networks are equipped with sensor nodes which have a limited energy
and sensing capabilities, a good routing protocol must be designed to make the network …

Energy efficiency is a critical issue for sensor network since the network lifetime depends on
efficient management of the energy resource of sensor nodes. Particularly, designing energy …

Enhancing lifetime of sensor nodes should be considered as the key design objective in
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). A sensor node can only be equipped with a limited …

Wireless sensor networks are widely used for gathering data in an autonomous fashion.
Since sensors are power constrained devices, it is quite important for them to minimize the …

As wireless sensor networks are equipped with sensor nodes which have a limited energy
and sensing capabilities, a good routing protocol must be designed to make the network …

This paper presents a methodology on how cognitive radio networks can form clusters by
exploiting reinforcement learning‐based principles. Each node repeatedly senses the …