1 Introduction
2 Related work
3 The energy-aware grid-based routing scheme
3.1 Construction of the virtual-grid structure
3.2 Election of the grid head
3.3 Time-scheduling method for the grid head
3.3.1 Determining the exponent n of the time-scheduling equation
3.4 Establishing an initial routing path
3.5 Handling sink mobility
4 Simulation results
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Power consumption=0.66 W, 0.359 W, and 0.035 W for transmitting, receiving, and idling, respectively
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Sink speed = each sink moved with a specified constant speed, following the random waypoint mobility model [4]
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Wireless transmission range for each node=120 m
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Propagation of radio channels followed the free space model
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Total simulation duration=120 seconds
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Source reported the same data to all sinks