Clustering in sensor networks: A literature survey

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-226

  Afsar, M Mehdi ^a   Tayarani N, Mohammad H ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster head; Clustering; Energy efficiency; Hierarchical architecture; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FAULT TOLERANCE; SCALABILITY; SENSOR NODES; SURVEYS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM COMPLEXITY; CLUSTER HEAD; CLUSTERING; CLUSTERING APPROACH; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; LITERATURE SURVEY; STATE OF THE ART; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84908306666     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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