Using Relay Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review
Mustapha Réda Senouci, Mostefa Zafer, Mohamed Aissani · Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems · 2019
To extend the lifetime of wireless sensor networks, recent works suggest the use of relay nodes.This paper surveys and examines representative approaches dealing with relay nodes deployment.It also discusses their shortcomings and presents a comparative study.Additionally, this paper provides a set of remarks and recommendations to improve the usage of relay nodes in wireless sensor networks and highlights open issues that need further investigation.