Optimal Gateway Loading in Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Yusuf, Mariam ; Haider, Tarique

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Center for Adv. Studies in Eng., Islamabad

fYear

2005

fDate

24-25 Dec. 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), efficient loading of energy-constrained gateways is crucial for extending the life of the gateway´s battery and thereby increasing the life of WSN. In this paper, the problem of gateway loading has been modeled as an optimization problem. The objective is to maximize the life of the gateways by balancing the load subject to energy constraints thereby maximizing the life of WSNs. The optimization problem has been modeled as zero-one integer programming with ´complete enumeration´ technique. Simulation has been done by varying load size. Simulation has also been done for baseline allocation, with no optimization. Comparison of the results, in terms of rate of energy consumption and total remaining energy of the gateways for both the optimized and non-optimized cases indicates that our method of optimal gateway loading saves energy and hence extends the life of WSN

Keywords

integer programming; internetworking; resource allocation; wireless sensor networks; WSN; baseline allocation; complete enumeration technique; optimal energy-constrained gateway loading; optimization problem; wireless sensor networks; zero-one integer programming; Acoustic sensors; Batteries; Data processing; Linear programming; Load modeling; Power engineering and energy; Resource management; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

9th International Multitopic Conference, IEEE INMIC 2005

Conference_Location

Karachi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9429-1

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9430-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INMIC.2005.334515

Filename

4133530