8th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Energy-efficient Dynamic Cooperative Virtual MIMO Based Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694651,
        author={Dong Li and Xiaoling Wu and Liang Yang and Hainan Chen and Yanwen Wang and Xiaobo Zhang},
        title={Energy-efficient Dynamic Cooperative Virtual MIMO Based Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks},
        proceedings={8th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2013},
        month={11},
        keywords={v-mimo; dcvm; leach; energy-efficiency},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694651}
    }
    
  • Dong Li
    Xiaoling Wu
    Liang Yang
    Hainan Chen
    Yanwen Wang
    Xiaobo Zhang
    Year: 2013
    Energy-efficient Dynamic Cooperative Virtual MIMO Based Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694651
Dong Li1, Xiaoling Wu,*, Liang Yang2, Hainan Chen3, Yanwen Wang1, Xiaobo Zhang3
  • 1: GIAT
  • 2: Jinan University
  • 3: Guangdong University of Technology
*Contact email: xl.wu@giat.ac.cn

Abstract

Cooperative multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) based communication architecture is used for energy efficient communication in wireless sensor networks. Without increasing transmission energy consumption of nodes, MIMO technology can make use of the cumulative energy of the sender node to increase the sending signal to noise ratio, thus reducing the error rate and improve the reliability of data communication. In the same transmit power and bit error rate situations, using MIMO technology can provide higher data rates, reduce the node sending time, thereby reduce the energy consumption. In this paper, dynamic cooperative virtual MIMO (DCVM) method based on residual energy information is proposed. In the specific application environment, simulation results show that the DCVM based routing protocol is more energy-efficient than single input single output (SISO) in case of long-distance communication and it prolongs sensor network lifetime as well.