Journal on Communications ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 19-27.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-436x.2013.04.003

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Energy efficient beamforming scheme for wireless sensor networks

Zhi-chao QIN,Zheng ZHOU,Xiao-chuan ZHAO   

  1. Key Laboratory of Universal Wireless Communications,Ministry of Education,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,Beijing 100876,China
  • Online:2013-04-25 Published:2017-07-17
  • Supported by:
    The National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China;ITRC Support Program Supervised by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency of Korea

Abstract:

Aiming at the limitation of energy and communication distance for nodes in wireless sensor networks and the characteristics of premature death due to ignoring the energy balance for traditional beamforming schemes,an energy efficient beamforming scheme was proposed.First the impact of the number of nodes,the transmission coefficients,the limited power,and the arrival phase on the network energy consumption is analyzed,and the corresponding design principles are given.Then,the nodes which participate the beamforming are selected based on these principles their transmission coefficients are adjusted according to their residual energy and phase.The analysis and simulation results show that the proposed scheme can effectively increase the number of successful transmission,balance the energy consumption among the nodes and prolong the network lifet me.

Key words: wireless sensor networks, beamforming, energy balance, transmission coefficients

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