The Smaller the Better: Designing Solar Energy Harvesting Sensor Nodes for Long-Range Monitoring

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<div>Current consumption of the transmission process steps.</div>

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Table 4: The Smaller the Better: Designing Solar Energy Harvesting Sensor Nodes for Long-Range Monitoring 