Improved sensor network lifetime with multiple mobile sinks

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 542-555

  Marta, Mirela ^a   Cardei, Mihaela ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Data gathering; Energy efficiency; Network lifetime; Sink mobility; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LOCATION;

CRITICAL ISSUES; DATA GATHERING; ENERGY HOLES; LOCALIZED ALGORITHM; MULTIPLE MOBILE SINKS; NETWORK LIFETIME; SINK MOBILITY; VIRTUAL BACKBONE;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70349771047     PISSN: 15741192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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