The tradeoff between maximizing the sensor network lifetime and the fastest way to report reliably an event using reporting nodes' selection

Computer Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1763-1776

  Bouabdallah, Fatma ^a   Bouabdallah, Nizar ^a  

^a CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Network lifetime; WSN performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUNCTION EVALUATION;

NETWORK LIFETIME; WSN PERFORMANCE;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 43449139452     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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