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Prolonging the lifetime of wireless sensor networks by utilizing feedback control

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A new algorithm aiming to prolong the lifetime of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is proposed to balance energy depletion. Using a feedback control combined with a discrete nonlinear programming method to adjust the transmission radii of sensor nodes located in different locations, makes network load redistribution possible and balances energy consumption, further prolongs the lifetime of the entire network. A data distribution model which specific to WSNs with sensor nodes that can adjust transmission radii is proposed to analyze the load spread of the network. This model contributes to predicting and analyzing energy consumption balance effectively. Compared with two other algorithms, dynamic transmission range adjustment and SP, respectively, the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can lengthen the lifetime of WSNs by up to 22.7 and 27.2 %.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by National Nature Science Foundation under Grant 61073164, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant 2011M500614, and the Fund of Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education under Grant 93K172012K05. The authors express sincere appreciation to the editors and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.

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  1. College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, Jilin, China

    Jing Zhang & Yanheng Liu

  2. Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, Jilin, China

    Jing Zhang & Yanheng Liu

  3. College of Communication Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, Jilin, China

    Dayang Sun

  4. Center of Public Mathematics Teaching and Research, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, Jilin, China

    Bin Li

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Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Sun, D. et al. Prolonging the lifetime of wireless sensor networks by utilizing feedback control. Wireless Netw 20, 2095–2107 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-014-0726-x

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