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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 796248, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/796248
Research Article

Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Grid Applications: A Case Study on Link Reliability and Node Lifetime Evaluations in Power Distribution Systems

Gurkan Tuna,1 V. Cagri Gungor,2 and Kayhan Gulez3

1Department of Computer Programming, Trakya University, 22020 Edirne, Turkey
2Department of Computer Engineering, Bahçeşehir University, 34353 Istanbul, Turkey
3Department of Control and Automation Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, 34220 Istanbul, Turkey

Received 7 October 2012; Revised 15 January 2013; Accepted 16 January 2013

Academic Editor: Yunghsiang S. Han

Copyright © 2013 Gurkan Tuna et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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