On the effective energy consumption in wireless sensor networks

Zijie Zhang*, Guoqiang Mao, Brian D.O. Anderson

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    Abstract

    We analytically characterize the energy consumption per successfully transmitted packet in end-to-end packet transmissions in a wireless sensor network where nodes are identically and independently distributed in a square area following a homogeneous Poisson process. It is assumed that a greedy forwarding protocol is used for routing. We obtain analytical results on the average number of hops between any two nodes if the transmission is successful and the average number of hops traversed by packets before being dropped if the transmission is unsuccessful. A transmission is unsuccessful if the packet sent from a source to a destination has to be dropped at an intermediate node because the greedy forwarding routing protocol is unable to find a next-hop node that is closer to the destination. Based on the above analysis, we derive the effective energy consumption per successfully transmitted packet. We show that there exists an optimum transmission range which minimizes the effective energy consumption and such optimum transmission range can be computed based on our analysis.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2010 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2010 - Proceedings
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    EventIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2010, WCNC 2010 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Duration: 18 Apr 201021 Apr 2010

    Publication series

    NameIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
    ISSN (Print)1525-3511

    Conference

    ConferenceIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2010, WCNC 2010
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CitySydney, NSW
    Period18/04/1021/04/10

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