An energy-balanced model for data transmission in sensor networks
Zhaoyu Liu, Daoxi Xiu, Weihua Guo · 2006
Low energy assumption is one of design challenges for data transmission for sensor network. In this paper, we identify the drawbacks of direct transmission protocol and hop- by-hop transmission protocol in terms of evenness of energy con- sumption. We present an Energy-Balanced Transmission (EBT) approach for even energy consumption transmission in sensor networks. Simulations show that our flexible approach can be adaptive to various data transmission situations, and make a sensor network achieve a longer and more evenly distributed overall life.