Transmission power control has paramount importance in the design of energy-efficient wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this paper, we systematically explore the effects of various transmission power control strategies ...

The paradigm of sensors organized in a multi-hop wireless network has been recognized as a cost effective way to satisfy the real-time sensing and communication needs of a smart grid. For wireless sensor networks, one of ...

The success of widespread deployment and associated research efforts on wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is undisputed. Yet, there is still a large uncharted territory for exploring and improving many aspects of WSNs. As ...

Maximization of network lifetime through the efficient utilization of energy is one of the main objectives in wireless sensor network (WSN) design. Although energy balancing throughout the network for relaying the data ...