Energy Conservation Using Network Coding in Grid Wireless Sensor Networks

This work investigates the energy consumption rate of an energy-constrained wireless sensor network and demonstrates that sensor energy dissipation can be reduced by employing network coding in terms of routing the same amount of sensing data to base stations through theoretical and simulation perspectives. In addition,this work examines the interplays between network parameters such as node density, traffic rate,and coding strategy and the performance gain of employing network coding for energy conservation in a grid wireless sensor network.It provides insights into the design of wireless sensor networks and the deployment of network coding for energy conservation in practice.