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This paper explores the usage of cooperative multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technique to minimize energy consumption used to establish communications among distant nodes in a wireless sensor network (WSN). As energy depletion is an outstanding problem in WSN research field, a number of techniques aim to preserve such resource, especially by means of savings during communication among sensor nodes. One such wide used technique is multi-hop communication to diminish the energy required by a single node to transmit a given message, providing a homogeneous consumption of the energy resources among the nodes in the network. However, it is not the case that multi-hop is always more efficient than single-hop, even that it may represent a great depletion of a single node’s energy. In this paper a cooperative MIMO transmission technique for WSN is presented, which is compared to single-hop and multi-hop transmission ones, highlighting its advantages in relation to both. Simulation results support the statement about the utility in applying the proposed technique for energy saving purposes.
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de Freitas, E.P., da Costa, J.P.C.L., de Almeida, A.L.F., Marinho, M. (2012). Applying MIMO Techniques to Minimize Energy Consumption for Long Distances Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Andreev, S., Balandin, S., Koucheryavy, Y. (eds) Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networking. ruSMART NEW2AN 2012 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7469. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32686-8_35
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