Energy-efficient routing and secure communication in wireless sensor networks
Mian Ahmad Jan · UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) · 2016
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of miniature sensor nodes deployed to gather vital information about an area of interest.The ability of these networks to monitor remote and hostile locations has attracted a significant amount of research over the past decade.As a result of this research, WSNs have found their presence in a variety of applications such as industrial automation, habitat monitoring, healthcare, military surveillance and transportation.These networks have the ability to operate in human-inaccessible terrains and collect data on an unprecedented scale.However, they experience various technical challenges at the time of deployment as well as operation.Most of these challenges emerge from the resource limitations such as battery power, storage, computation, and transmission range, imposed on the sensor nodes.Energy conservation is one of the key issues requiring proper consideration.The need