Energy-efficient routing protocols in wireless sensor networks: A survey

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 551-591

  Pantazis, Nikolaos A ^a   Nikolidakis, Stefanos A ^b   Vergados, Dimitrios D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy Efficiency; Routing Protocols; Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SURVEYS; COMMUNICATION MODELS; DYNAMIC TOPOLOGIES; ENERGY EFFICIENT ROUTING; ENERGY EFFICIENT ROUTING PROTOCOL; IMPORTANT FEATURES; NETWORK STRUCTURES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INFORMATION THEORY; MOBILE AGENTS; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SURVEYS; TOPOLOGY;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84877583241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.062612.00084     Document Type: Article

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