Research Article

Mobile Base Station and Clustering to Maximize Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks

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(a) The energy consumption for neighbouring sensor nodes of a cluster head as the node degree is varied, for various numbers of clusters. (b) The maximum number of hops as it varies with the node degree, for static and mobile BSs.
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