Evaluating WSNs
As mentioned multiple times in this chapter and throughout this book, one of the most imperative aspects of implementing a network is to understand how it can be best optimized. There are several key ways in which this can be done; one of them is through understanding metrics that are related to such networks and how we can apply them when we’re examining networks that we encounter. We will discuss these metrics and how you can use them to evaluate your WSN deployment, as well as other deployments that you come across to better understand how to optimize your own as well.
Metrics
In this section, we’ll look at different metrics that have to be considered when building WSNs:
- Energy consumption: This metric measures the amount of energy that is used up by the WSN and is used to assess the energy efficiency of the network.
- Network lifetime: This is a metric that measures the amount of time the WSN can operate before the batteries are depleted...
