Abstract-Employing multi-input multi-output (MIMO) links can improve energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Although a sensor node is likely to be equipped with only one antenna, it is possible to group several sensors to form a virtual MIMO link. Such grouping can be formed by means of clustering. In this paper, we propose a distributed MIMO-adaptive energyefficient clustering/routing scheme, coined cooperative MIMO (CMIMO), which aims at reducing energy consumption in multihop WSNs. In CMIMO, each cluster has up to two cluster heads (CHs), which are responsible for routing traffic between clusters (i.e., inter-cluster communications). CMIMO has the ability to adapt the transmission mode and transmission power on a per-packet basis. The transmission mode can be one of four transmit/receive configurations: 1 × 1 (SISO), 2 × 1 (MISO), 1 × 2 (SIMO), and 2 × 2 (MIMO). We study the performance of CMIMO via simulations. Results indicate that our proposed scheme achieves a significant reduction in energy consumption, compared to non-adaptive clustered WSNs.
In REF , authors propose a distributed MIMO-adaptive energy-efficient clustering/routing scheme, coined cooperative MIMO (CMIMO), which aims at reducing energy consumption in multihop WSNs.
Energy-Efficient Clustering/Routing for Cooperative MIMO Operation in Sensor Networks
IEEE INFOCOM 2009
IEEE INFOCOM 2009
Computer Science