Analysis of the impact of different parameter settings on wireless sensor network lifetime

Abstract

The importance of wireless sensors is increasing day by day due to their large demand. Sensor networks are facing some issues in which battery lifetime of sensor node is critical. It depends on the nature and application of the wireless sensor network and its different parameters (sampling frequency, transmission frequency, processing power and transmission power). In this paper, we propose a new and realistic model to show the effect of energy consumption on a lifetime of wireless sensor nodes. After analyzing the model behavior, we are able to find out the sensitive parameters that are highly effective for lifetime of sensor nodes.