Fast and Efficient Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey

Abstract

In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) fast and efficient data collection is a fundamental question that is how fast the data can be collected. To address this, this paper explores a number of different techniques under the many-to-one communication paradigm known as convergecast. Using Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) scheduling we can get better results for data collection in tree based wireless sensor networks. Researchers have developed a number of techniques for efficient and fast data collection in tree based wireless sensor networks. This paper analyses all these techniques.