\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.5}The Main Challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks}{25}{section.1.5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.6}Energy-Efficient Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks}{27}{section.1.6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.1}Energy-Efficient Routing:}{27}{subsection.1.6.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.5}The Main Challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks}{25}{section.1.5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.6}Energy-Efficient Mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks}{27}{section.1.6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.1}Energy-Efficient Routing:}{27}{subsection.1.6.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.1.2}Multipath Routing:}{28}{subsubsection.1.6.1.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.2}Cluster Architectures:}{28}{subsection.1.6.2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.1.2}Multipath Routing:}{28}{subsubsection.1.6.1.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.2}Cluster Architectures:}{28}{subsection.1.6.2}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.3.1}Wake up Scheduling Schemes:}{29}{subsubsection.1.6.3.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.3.2}Topology Control Schemes:}{31}{subsubsection.1.6.3.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.4}Data-Driven Schemes:}{32}{subsection.1.6.4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.3.1}Wake up Scheduling Schemes:}{29}{subsubsection.1.6.3.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.3.2}Topology Control Schemes:}{31}{subsubsection.1.6.3.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.6.4}Data-Driven Schemes:}{32}{subsection.1.6.4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.7.2}Sink Mobility:}{34}{subsubsection.1.6.7.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.7}Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks}{34}{section.1.7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.8}Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks }{35}{section.1.8}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{\numberline {1.6.7.2}Sink Mobility:}{34}{subsubsection.1.6.7.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.7}Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks}{34}{section.1.7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.8}Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks }{35}{section.1.8}
-\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.9}Design Issues for Coverage Problems:}{37}{section.1.9}
-\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.10}Energy Consumption Modeling:}{38}{section.1.10}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.9}Design Issues for Coverage Problems:}{36}{section.1.9}
+\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.10}Energy Consumption Modeling:}{37}{section.1.10}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.11}Conclusion}{39}{section.1.11}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Related Literatures}{41}{chapter.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.1}Introduction}{41}{section.2.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.11}Conclusion}{39}{section.1.11}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Related Literatures}{41}{chapter.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.1}Introduction}{41}{section.2.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Evaluation Tools}{51}{section.3.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.1}Testbed Tools}{52}{subsection.3.2.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.2}Simulation Tools}{53}{subsection.3.2.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Evaluation Tools}{51}{section.3.2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.1}Testbed Tools}{52}{subsection.3.2.1}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.2}Simulation Tools}{53}{subsection.3.2.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.4}Conclusion}{61}{section.3.4}
\contentsline {part}{II\hspace {1em}Contributions}{63}{part.2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks}{65}{chapter.4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.4}Conclusion}{61}{section.3.4}
\contentsline {part}{II\hspace {1em}Contributions}{63}{part.2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks}{65}{chapter.4}