Energy-efficient self-organizing communication protocols for wireless sensor networks

Author

Block, F.J. ; Baum, C.W.

Author_Institution

Clemson Univ., SC, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

362

Abstract

A challenge in the design of wireless microsensor networks is the preservation of battery life in the microsensor nodes. Energy is expended not only in transmitting packets, but also in listening to the channel. This paper presents energy-preserving channel-access and routing protocols for self-organized communication in a wireless microsensor network containing a large number of low-cost nodes and a base station. The routing protocols are designed to use the remaining energy of the radios in making routing decisions. Performance is compared to a protocol that does not utilize energy information.

Keywords

access protocols; packet radio networks; power consumption; protocols; telecommunication network routing; battery life preservation; channel-access protocols; microsensor networks; packet transmission; routing protocols; self-organizing communication protocols; wireless sensor networks; Access protocols; Base stations; Batteries; Energy efficiency; Microsensors; Routing protocols; Sensor fusion; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7225-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985820

Filename

985820