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Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks

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Data collection; Event detection and reporting

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Data gathering is an important operation in wireless sensor networks which deals with collecting data from the sensor nodes and transmitting them to a sink (or base station) where it is further processed and available for end-user queries.

Historical Background

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are deployed to collect useful data from an area of interest. Data gathering is an important operation in wireless sensor networks, and it deals with collecting data from the sensor nodes. There are several aspects that should be considered when designing algorithms and protocols for data gathering:

  • Energy efficiency. Sensor nodes are usually resource constrained, and they are equipped with batteries which often cannot be recharged or replaced. Therefore, it is important to design energy-efficient mechanisms.

  • Network elements. There are several variations in the architecture of the network, such as the following: sensor nodes may...

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Catalina Aranzazu-Suescun & Mihaela Cardei

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

  2. Institute of Faculty of Business and Information, University of Ontario, Oshawa, ON, Canada

    Xiaodong Lin

  3. University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Omaha, NE, USA

    Kuan Zhang

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Aranzazu-Suescun, C., Cardei, M. (2020). Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Shen, X.(., Lin, X., Zhang, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78262-1_257

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