Reducing Complexity and Achieving Higher Energy Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Network Communications by Using High Altitude Platforms

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Author(s): Zhe Yang (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)and Abbas Mohammed (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 10
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.ch015

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Mobile and Wireless Computing / Wireless Systems

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In this chapter, a novel approach is explored to employ high-altitude platforms (HAPs) to remove the relaying burden and/or de-centralize coordination from wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The approach can reduce the complexity and achieve energy efficiency in communications of WSNs, whereby applications require a large-scale deployment of low-power and low-cost sustainable sensors. The authors review and discuss the main constraints and problems of energy consumptions and coordination in WSNs. The use of HAPs in WSNs provides favorable communication links via predominantly line of sight propagation due to their unique position and achieves benefits of reduced complexity and high energy efficiency, which are crucial for WSN operations.

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