%0 Journal Article
%T An Energy Balanced Reliable Routing Metric in WSNs
%A Jian ZHU
%A Hai ZHAO
%A Jiuqiang XU
%J Wireless Sensor Network
%P 22-26
%@ 1945-3086
%D 2009
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wsn.2009.11004
%X In WSNsĄŻ applications, not only the reliable end-to-end communications are must be ensured, but also the reduction of energy consumption and the entire networkĄŻs lifetim e should be optimized. All of the above have become to be an important way to evaluate the performance of routing protocols. In this paper, an op-timization model for WSNsĄŻ lifetime is firstly advanced. Secondly, the shortage of ETX based routing metric is solved with the help of the optimization model. Thirdly, an energy balanced routing metric is advanced which is called EBRM in this paper. The result of simulation in NS-2 shows that, the EBRM metric can not only prolong the networkĄŻs lifetime, but also can ensure the reliable end-to-end communication.
%K WSN
%K Routing Metric
%K Reliable Communication
%K Lifetime
%K Energy Balance
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=396