Determination method of optimal number of clusters for clustered wireless sensor networks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-168

  Li, Wenfeng ^a   Martins, Philippe ^b   Shen, Lianfeng ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

cluster head; energy; sensor networks; the number of clusters

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CLUSTER HEAD; CLUSTERED NETWORKS; CLUSTERED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; CLUSTERING SCHEME; COMMUNICATION COST; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION MODEL; MULTIHOP; NUMBER OF CLUSTERS; OPTIMAL NUMBER; OPTIMUM NUMBER; POISSON POINT PROCESS; SINGLE-HOP;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84862933446     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: 15308677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.949     Document Type: Article

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