A game theoretic approach to improve energy efficiency of wireless sensor nodes / Willem Christoffel Petzer

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are becoming increasingly pervasive in a number of applications. Due to the nature of WSNs, one of their biggest constraints is limited node energy. As WSNs grow in popularity, the prevalent issue remains to keep wireless sensor nodes alive for as long as possible, or...

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Main Author: Petzer, Willem Christoffel
Language:en
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15499
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Summary:Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are becoming increasingly pervasive in a number of applications. Due to the nature of WSNs, one of their biggest constraints is limited node energy. As WSNs grow in popularity, the prevalent issue remains to keep wireless sensor nodes alive for as long as possible, or risk disrupting the network. This dissertation develops a model based on the principles of game theory to improve the energy efficiency of wireless sensor nodes and increase the network lifetime by influencing the way routing takes place. The benefit of this model is a routing algorithm that is easily implementable and increases network lifetime by improving energy efficiency in the network. === MIng (Computer and Electronic Engineering), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015