A study into the practical issues related to a deployed ad hoc wireless sensor network

Author

Kuan, E.L.

Author_Institution

Multiple Access Commun. Ltd., UK

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 March 2005

Firstpage

1952

Abstract

This paper investigates the practical issues related to the energy efficiency of a deployed wireless sensor network through the use of network simulations. The IEEE 802.11b standard is used as the communications technology and the dynamic source routing algorithm provides the mechanism for generating the communications routes from data sources to data sinks. The study looks into the optimal position for a gateway node in a deployed network and also investigates methods of distributing the network load evenly across the network.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; optimisation; routing protocols; wireless sensor networks; DSR; IEEE 802.11b standard; data source/sink communications routes; deployed ad hoc wireless sensor network; dynamic source routing protocol; energy efficiency; energy efficient routing; gateway node position optimization; network load distribution; radio propagation model; Ad hoc networks; Communication standards; Communications technology; Computational modeling; Earth; Energy efficiency; Interference; Routing; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2005 IEEE

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8966-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2005.1424818

Filename

1424818