Practical issues in the development of a minimalistic power management solution for WSNs

International Journal of Sensor Networks

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 136-146

  Soares, Jorge M ^a   Gonçalves, Bruno J ^a   Rocha, Rui M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ad hoc sensor networks; Development issues; Energy efficiency; Energy saving; Infrastructure services; Network; Power management; Protocols; Radio cycling; Synchronous rounds; Time synchronisation; WSN testbeds

Indexed keywords

POWER MANAGEMENT (TELECOMMUNICATION); TESTBEDS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AD-HOC SENSOR NETWORKS; DEVELOPMENT ISSUE; ENERGY SAVINGS; ENERGY-SAVINGS; INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES; NETWORK; RADIO CYCLING; SYNCHRONOI ROUND; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; WSN TESTBED;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79960511768     PISSN: 17481279     EISSN: 17481287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2010.036189     Document Type: Article

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