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Mitigation of Hot Spots on Wireless Sensor Networks: Techniques, Approaches and Future Directions

Mitigation of Hot Spots on Wireless Sensor Networks: Techniques, Approaches and Future Directions
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Author(s): Fernando Gielow (NR2 – Federal University of Paraná, Brazil), Michele Nogueira (NR2 – Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)and Aldri Santos (NR2 – Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 17
Source title: Wireless Sensor Networks and Energy Efficiency: Protocols, Routing and Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Noor Zaman (King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia), Khaled Ragab (King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia)and Azween Bin Abdullah (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0101-7.ch008

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Abstract

The use of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has increased over the past years, supporting applications such as environmental monitoring, security systems, and multimedia streaming. These networks are characterized by a many-to-one traffic pattern. Hence, sensor nodes near to the sink have higher energy consumption, being prone to earlier deaths and failures. Those areas overloaded with high traffic rates are called Hot Spots, and their emergence creates and expands energy holes that compromise network lifetime and data delivery rates, and may result in disconnected areas. This chapter provides an overview of techniques to mitigate Hot Spot impacts, such as the uneven distribution of sensors, routes that balance energy consumption, sink mobility, and the use of unequal clustering. Further, it depicts the approach for achieving mitigation of sink centered Hot Spots. Finally, this chapter presents conclusions and future research perspectives.

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