Title :
A Collaborative Wireless Sensor Network Routing Scheme for Reducing Energy Wastage
Author :
Boyd, Alan W F ; Balasubramaniam, Dharini ; Dearle, Alan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of St Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
Abstract :
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a network of battery-powered nodes in which data is routed from sources to sinks. Each node consumes energy in order to transmit or receive on its radio. Consequently, an intermediate node that is used by multiple sources will quickly expire. If some sources are unable to route without the presence of that node, any remaining energy they have is wasted. We present a new routing scheme known as node reliance, which rates the degree to which nodes are relied upon in routing. The use of node reliance reduces the contention for intermediate nodes, permitting sources to route to sinks for longer and thus maximising the useful lifetime of the network.
Keywords :
energy conservation; telecommunication network routing; wireless sensor networks; battery-powered nodes; collaborative wireless sensor network routing; energy wastage reduction; node reliance; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer science; Energy management; Floods; Load management; Physical layer; Routing protocols; Scalability; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications Workshops (ICC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Capetown
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6824-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCW.2010.5503896
