A parallel fuzzy scheme to improve power consumption management in Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly used in different application fields thanks to several advantages such as cost-effectiveness, scalability, flexibility and self-organization. A hot research topic concerns the study of algorithms and mechanisms for reducing the power consumption of the nodes in order to maximize their lifetime. To this end, this paper proposes an approach based on two fuzzy controllers that determine the sleeping time and the transmission power. Simulation results reveal that the device lifetime is increased by 30% with respect to the use of fixed sleeping time and transmission power and by 25% with respect to a state-of-the-art work that adjusts only the sleeping time.

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