Optimizing the number of clusters in a wireless sensor network using cross-layer analysis
Li‐Chun Wang, Chuan-Ming Liu, Chung‐Wei Wang · 2005
This paper aims to determine the optimal number of clusters in an observation area for a wireless sensor network. We demonstrate that this goal can be achieved by a cross-layer approach from both perspectives of the power efficiency in the medium access control (MAC) layer and the coverage performance in the physical (PHY) layer.