An Analytical Study of Variable Preamble Length-Based Broadcasting Scheme for WSNs
In this paper, the authors present a detailed analytical study of previously proposed variable preamble length-based broadcasting scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Analytical results show that in dense wireless sensor networks, broad-casting a packet with a small size preamble can significantly improve the energy conservation on already limited battery powered sensor nodes. For fairer comparison with variable preamble length-based broadcasting scheme, a comprehensive analytical study for an existing probability-based broadcasting scheme is also presented.