Energy Efficient Networks for Monitoring Water Quality in Subterranean Rivers

Fei Ge and Yuanni Wang
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Fei Ge: Department of Computer Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Yuanni Wang: School of Computer, China University of Geoscience, Wuhan 430074, China

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-16

Abstract: The fresh water in rivers beneath the Earth’s surface is as significant to humans as that on the surface. However, the water quality is difficult to monitor due to its unapproachable nature. In this work, we consider building networks to monitor water quality in subterranean rivers. The network node is designed to have limited functions of floating and staying in these rivers when necessary. We provide the necessary conditions to set up such networks and a topology building method, as well as the communication process between nodes. Furthermore, we provide every an node’s energy consumption model in the network building stage, the data acquiring and transmission stage. The numerical results show that the energy consumption in every node is different, and the node number should be moderate to ensure energy efficiency.

Keywords: subterranean rivers; sensor networks; water quality monitoring; energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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