Efficient Data Gathering in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks
Mohammad Hossein Anisi, Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Shukor Bin Abd Razak · 2012
Abstract: In Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks (MWSNs), nodes are supplemented with implicit or explicit mechanisms that enable these devices to move in space. The packet loss is one of the main challenges that occur due to mobility of such networks and it comes in parallel with energy consumption. Moreover, data collection with the minimum energy consumption is one of the important issues in wireless sensor networks. In the proposed energyefficient approach, for maximizing the network lifetime, we benefit both cluster and tree structures for data gathering and we select the most reliable and energy-efficient hops for data forwarding. The simulation results show that by using the proposed approach, lifetime, reliability and the throughput of the network will be increased.