Title :
Cooperative transmission scheme with inactive node reactivation condition for solar-powered wireless sensor networks
Author :
Ota, Kentaro ; Kobayashi, Kentaro ; Yamazato, Takaya ; Katayama, Masaaki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
Our goal is the improvement of the node activity rate in solar-powered wireless sensor networks. We consider the application of a cooperative transmission scheme that uses a relay node when a node sends data to reduce the consumption of energy of the entire network. However, if we do not consider the variations in energy harvesting, the node activity rate declines during nighttime. In this paper, we smooth out the day-and-night node activity rate variations by introducing the new inactive node reactivation condition and achieve the required high node activity rate.
Keywords :
cooperative communication; energy harvesting; solar power; telecommunication power supplies; wireless sensor networks; cooperative transmission scheme; day-and-night node activity rate variation; energy harvesting; inactive node reactivation condition; relay node; solar-powered wireless sensor network; Batteries; Bismuth; Data communication; Energy consumption; Relays; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Wireless sensor networks; cooperative transmission; energy harvesting; inactive node reactivation condition; node activity rate; solar energy;
Conference_Titel :
Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2011 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1346-0
Electronic_ISBN :
pending
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139948
