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TWC
2008
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Joint medium access control, routing and energy distribution in multi-hop wireless networks
It is a challenging task for multi-hop wireless networks to support multimedia applications with quality-ofservice (QoS) requirements. This letter presents a joint crosslayer optim...
Khoa T. Phan, Hai Jiang, Chintha Tellambura, Sergi...
TWC
2008
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Lifetime maximization for amplify-and-forward cooperative networks
Power allocation strategies are devised to maximize the network lifetime of amplify-and-forward (AF) cooperative networks in this work. We consider the scenario where one source an...
Wan-Jen Huang, Yao-Win Peter Hong, C. C. Jay Kuo
TON
2008
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Optimal routing and data aggregation for maximizing lifetime of wireless sensor networks
An optimal routing and data aggregation scheme for wireless sensor networks is proposed in this paper. The objective is to maximize the network lifetime by jointly optimizing data ...
Cunqing Hua, Tak-Shing Peter Yum
TMC
2008
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General Network Lifetime and Cost Models for Evaluating Sensor Network Deployment Strategies
In multihop wireless sensor networks that are often characterized by many-to-one (convergecast) traffic patterns, problems related to energy imbalance among sensors often appear. S...
Zhao Cheng, Mark A. Perillo, Wendi B. Heinzelman
CORR
2007
Springer
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Dependable k-coverage algorithms for sensor networks
– Redundant sensing capabilities are often required in sensor network applications due to various reasons, e.g. robustness, fault tolerance, or increased accuracy. At the same ti...
Simon Gyula, Miklós Molnár, Lá...
COMCOM
2007
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Guaranteeing the network lifetime in wireless sensor networks: A MAC layer approach
Energy is the most crucial but scarce resource in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). A wealth of MAC protocols are proposed only to prolong the network lifetime for energy-efficienc...
Yongsub Nam, Taekyoung Kwon, Hojin Lee, Hakyung Ju...
COMCOM
2006
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Energy-efficient differentiated directed diffusion (EDDD) in wireless sensor networks
A number of routing protocols [1] have been proposed for wireless sensor networks in recent years. Considering energy-efficiency as the primary objective, most of routing protocol...
Min Chen, Taekyoung Kwon, Yanghee Choi
CORR
2008
Springer
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Energy Aware Self-Organizing Density Management in Wireless Sensor Networks
Energy consumption is the most important factor that determines sensor node lifetime. The optimization of wireless sensor network lifetime targets not only the reduction of energy...
Erwan Le Merrer, Vincent Gramoli, Anne-Marie Kerma...
ADHOC
2008
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Data aggregated maximum lifetime routing for wireless sensor networks
In this paper, we present a data aggregated maximum lifetime routing scheme for wireless sensor networks. We address the problem of jointly optimizing data aggregation and routing...
Cunqing Hua, Tak-Shing Peter Yum
GLOBECOM
2008
IEEE
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Maximum-Lifetime Coding Subgraph for Multicast Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks
It has been shown that network coding can lead to significant improvement in network capacity and reduction in power consumption for multicast traffic in wireless networks. In this...
Vahid Shah-Mansouri, Vincent W. S. Wong