Sleep-supported and Cone-based Topology Control Method for Wireless Sensor Networks
Lin Wang, Weiliang Zhao, Yun Li, Yi Qu, Zhanjun Liu, Qianbin Chen · 2008
Topology control algorithm for wireless sensor networks is of great significance to save nodes' energy and prolong the lifetime of the network. Nowadays, there are two ways for wireless sensor networks to save energy: hierarchical topology control and power control; In this paper, we propose a new topology control method, Sleep-supported and Cone-based Topology Control method (SCTC), which integrates periodic sleep and topology control. The simulation results show that SCTC can save energy consumption and extend the lifetime of the network obviously.