An Analytical Study of Variable Preamble Length-Based Broadcasting Scheme for WSNs

Arun Kumar, Kai-Juan Wong

School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore.

DOI: 10.4236/cn.2013.53B2095                

Abstract

In this paper, we present a detailed analytical study of previously proposed variable preamble length-based broadcasting scheme for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Analytical results show that in dense wireless sensor networks, broadcasting a packet with a small size preamble can significantly improve the energy conservation on already limited battery powered sensor nodes. For fairer comparison with variable preamble length-based broadcasting scheme, a comprehensive analytical study for an existing probability-based broadcasting scheme is also presented. Analytically calculated results show that variable preamble length-based broadcasting scheme is more energy-efficient than the probability-based broadcasting scheme.

Keywords

Broadcast; Flooding; Analytical Model; Wireless Sensor Network

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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