A novel solution to the energy hole problem in sensor networks

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 949-958

  Watfa, Mohamed K ^a   Al Hassanieh, Haitham ^b   Salmen, Samir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Charging; Energy transfer; Network protocols; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; ENERGY HOLES; ENERGY-HOLE PROBLEMS; FIELD PATTERNS; MULTIHOP; MULTIPLE HOPS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POWER CONSTRAINTS; TRAFFIC LOADS; TRANSFER ENERGY; WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFERS;

CHARGING (FURNACE); ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84874677263     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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