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Quality of Service Metrics in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey

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Wireless ad hoc network is characterized by autonomous nodes communicating with each other by forming a multi hop radio network and maintaining connectivity in a decentralized manner. This paper presents a systematic approach to the interdependencies and the analogy of the various factors that affect and constrain the wireless sensor network. This article elaborates the quality of service parameters in terms of methods of deployment, coverage and connectivity which affect the lifetime of the network that have been addressed, till date by the different literatures. The analogy of the indispensable rudiments was discussed that are important factors to determine the varied quality of service achieved, yet have not been duly focused upon.

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    Itu Snigdh

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Snigdh, I., Gupta, N. Quality of Service Metrics in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. B 97, 91–96 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40031-014-0160-6

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