Wastage-Aware Routing in Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks

• Published in: IEEE sensors journal Vol. 14; no. 9; pp. 2967 - 2974
• Main Authors: Martinez, Gina, Shufang Li, Chi Zhou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2014; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Batteries; Energy consumption; Routing; Routing protocols; Sensors; Topology; Wireless sensor networks; energy harvesting systems; Routing; wireless sensor networks

Environmental energy harvesting or scavenging can provide a solution to the energy capacity limitation of wireless sensor networks. However, in order to efficiently use harvested energy, the harvest properties need to be incorporated into the network design. Existing harvest-aware routing protocols...