The Impact of Near-Ground Path Loss Modeling on Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime

Yıldız H. U., Kurt S., Tavli B.

33rd Annual IEEE Military Communications Conference on Affordable Mission Success - Meeting the Challenge (MILCOM), Maryland, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 6 - 08 Ekim 2014, ss.1114-1119 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/milcom.2014.188
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Maryland
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1114-1119
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: wireless sensor networks, network lifetime, energy efficiency, path loss models, mixed integer programming
  • TED Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Network lifetime is the ultimate objective in evaluating the performance of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). To assess the network lifetime correctly for a particular WSN deployment, utilizing realistic abstractions for modeling various aspects of system components are crucial. The overwhelming majority of the studies on the WSN lifetime maximization utilize well known theoretical path loss models like the two-ray model, however, such models do not lead to realistic path loss results. In this study, we formulate a detailed link level model of WSNs utilizing Mica2 motes and, based on the link layer model, we construct a novel Mixed Integer Program (MIP) to analyze the effects of path loss models on the WSN lifetime. By exploring the parameter space through numerical evaluations of the MIP model, we characterize the impact of path loss models on the WSN lifetime.