Progressive Energy-Aware Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless distributed micro-sensor systems enable the reliable monitoring of a variety of environments for both civil and military applications. A major issue in the design of Wireless Sensor Networks is to develop strategies to make efficient use of its energy and to increase the reliability of data. In this paper, we address the problem of routing the data in an hostile environment. The proposed approach reduces both energy consumption as well as communication bandwidth requirements. It also prolongs the lifetime of the wireless sensor network. Simulation results show that a large amount of energy can be saved using this strategy.