Effect of Duty Cycle on Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), most studies define a common duty cycle value throughout the network to achieve synchronization among the nodes. On the other hand, a few studies propose adaptation of the duty cycle according to uniform traffic conditions to decrease the energy consumption and latency. In this paper, the lifetime of the node based on overall energy consumption are estimated and the effect of duty cycle on expected energy consumption is studied.