Saving energy in wireless local area sensor networks

Computer Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1658-1673

  Lloret, Jaime ^a   Sendra, Sandra ^a   Coll, Hugo ^a   Garcia, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

energy consumption; energy saving; IEEE 802.11; WLASN

Indexed keywords

COVERAGE AREA; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; GROUP COLLABORATION; HIGH BANDWIDTH; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.11 A/B/G; NEW PROTOCOL; NS-2 SIMULATORS; RADIO COVERAGE; SAVING ENERGY; SENSOR COMMUNICATION; WHOLE SYSTEMS; WIDE AREA; WLASN; ZIGBEE TECHNOLOGY;

BLUETOOTH; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STANDARDS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 78649897673     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxp112     Document Type: Article

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