Rectangular grids design to balance power consumption for homogeneous sensor networks with high node density

Information Technology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 827-834

  Wei, Dali ^a   Chan, H Anthony ^a   Silombela, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Namwater Cooperation   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Balance the power consumption; Directional and uneven data traffic; Power consumption; Scheduling; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITION MONITORING; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY STORAGE; SCHEDULING;

BALANCE THE POWER CONSUMPTION; DIRECTIONAL AND UNEVEN DATA TRAFFIC;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 34648833265     PISSN: 18125638     EISSN: 18125646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2007.827.834     Document Type: Article

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