A survey on topology control in wireless sensor networks: Taxonomy, comparative study, and open issues

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2538-2557

  Li, Mo ^a   Li, Zhenjiang ^a   Vasilakos, Athanasios V ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coverage; Topology control; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; POWER CONTROL; SURVEYS; TOPOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONNECTIVITY; COVERAGE; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; TOPOLOGY CONTROL; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84889567969     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2257631     Document Type: Article

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