Optimum Transmit Power for Maximal Connectivity and Increased Network Lifetime in WSNs

Power conservation is one of the primary issues to be taken care of in wireless sensor networks. Due to the limited battery life, the need to choose an appropriate transmit power becomes more important also to guarantee a maximal connectivity. Transmitting at the least possible power to prolong the network lifetime as a whole while also guaranteeing the best connectivity would be our main interest. We have worked in this paper to look for the most optimum transmit power while also considering the data rates and how densely the nodes are deployed. We investigated the effects of the transmit power on the network and nodes lifetime thus aiming to prolong the network life by choosing the correct approach.