Power-Efficient Rendez-vous Schemes for Dense Wireless Sensor Networks

En-Yi A. Lin, Jan M. Rabaey and Adam Wolisz

ICC 2004

Abstract:

In this paper, we propose two generic rendezvous schemes for dense wireless sensor networks, including transmitter- and receiver- initiated cycled receiver schemes. Our studies include the analyses and comparisons of their power efficiencies, especially under a fading channel as a realistic physical layer. We believe our modeling strategies as well as the results are applicable to any rendez-vous scheme of the cycled-receiver nature. The paper further proposes precise guidelines and optimization strategies for synchronization in wireless sensor networks.

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