Packet size optimization is a critical issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for improving many performance metrics (eg, network lifetime, delay, throughput, and reliability). In WSNs, longer packets may experience ...

Optimal operation configuration of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) can be determined by utilizing exact mathematical programming techniques such as Mixed Integer Programming (MIP). However, computational complexities of ...

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are envisioned to be utilized in many application areas, such as critical infrastructure monitoring, and therefore, WSN nodes are potential targets for adversaries. Network lifetime is one ...

Contextual privacy in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is concerned with protecting contextual information such as whether, when, and where the data is collected. In this context, hiding the existence of a WSN from adversaries ...

In pursuit of better energy efficiency and enhanced network lifetime in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), two crucial factors are data packet size and transmission power level. On one hand, smaller packet size reduces the ...

In practical wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the main mechanism for link-level data exchange is through handshaking. To maximize the network lifetime, the transmission power levels for both data and acknowledgement (ACK) ...

Transceiver characteristics, asymmetric interference, and various properties of electromagnetic propagation environment create unidirectional links in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), especially in extreme environments. ...

In this study, we present a novel family of mixed integer programming (MIP) models to analyze the effects of limiting hop count on Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) lifetime. We performed analysis to uncover the trade-off ...