An application-specific protocol architecture for wireless microsensor networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
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To utilize wireless sensor networks (WSN) effectively, maximization of network lifetime and minimization of response time to data queries are very important issues. To enhance the functionality and availability of conventional WSNs, we propose the new concept of a Multi-Mode Wireless Sensor Network (MM-WSN) in which nodes with only limited battery power are equipped with different types of radio access technologies. Nodes in a MM-WSN can use both single-hop and multi-hop delivery of data and select the most suitable option according to the situation. In this paper, we show that our proposed method provides a radio access selection method that achieves energy-efficient and high-speed data reports. The effectiveness of our proposal is shown by means of computer simulations.