Hybrid Transmission Scheme for the Cluster Formation in Wireless Sensor Networks with Noisy Channels

In this paper, we study the performance of an adaptive and fixed transmission schemes where the transmission probability varies according to the evolution of the cluster formation procedure or is fixed for the entire network lifetime, respectively. Also, we propose a hybrid scheme where the transmission probability can either be fixed or adaptive according to the system’s conditions. In order to characterize the performance of the proposed scheme, we present a study under non-ideal conditions where noise, interference and fading are present.