Research Article

An Efficient Nodes Failure Recovery Management Algorithm for Mobile Sensor Networks

Table 3

Meaning of different terms in the energy model.

TermDefinition

Energy consumed to transmit data
Energy consumed to receive data
Residual energy
Energy consumed per bit by the transmitter circuitry
Initial energy of sensor nodes
Energy consumed per bit of a receiver
Energy required by radio frequency (RF) amplifier in free space
Energy required by radio frequency (RF) amplifier in multipath
Threshold distance