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Reducing node energy consumption to extend network lifetime is a vital requirement in wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we present and analyze the energy consumption of a class of cell-based energy conservation protocols. The goal of our protocols is to alternately turn off/on the transceivers of the nodes, while maintaining a connected backbone of active nodes. The protocols presented in this paper are shown to be optimal, in the sense that they extend the network lifetime by a factor which is proportional to the node density.
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Santi, P., Simon, J. (2004). Silence Is Golden with High Probability: Maintaining a Connected Backbone in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Karl, H., Wolisz, A., Willig, A. (eds) Wireless Sensor Networks. EWSN 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2920. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24606-0_8
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