Collaborative resource allocation in wireless sensor networks
S. Giannecchini, Marco Caccamo, Chi‐Sheng Shih · Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository (University of Pisa) · 2004
A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a distributed system that consists of heterogeneous wireless devices. In such a system, most nodes have limited resources such as battery-supplied power and low frequency processors. Nevertheless, some devices have more resources than the others in the network and are able to process data or relay packets on behalf of other nodes.