Topology management techniques for tolerating node failures in wireless sensor networks: A survey

Computer Networks

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 254-283

  Younis, Mohamed ^a   Senturk, Izzet F ^b   Akkaya, Kemal ^b   Lee, Sookyoung ^c   Senel, Fatih ^d  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois University Carbondale   (United States)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d ANTALYA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Connectivity restoration; Fault tolerance; Topology management; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; FAULT TOLERANCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; TOPOLOGY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CONNECTIVITY RESTORATIONS; DISJOINT SEGMENTS; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; ON-BOARD ELECTRONICS; PERFORMANCE IMPACT; TOPOLOGY MANAGEMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS NODES (WSNS);

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84893734846     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2013.08.021     Document Type: Short Survey

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