@proceedings {Bruneo2010,
	title = {Reliability assessment of wireless sensor nodes with non-linear battery discharge},
	journal = {2010 IFIP Wireless Days, WD 2010},
	year = {2010},
	note = {cited By 8; Conference of 2010 IFIP Wireless Days, WD 2010 ; Conference Date: 20 October 2010 Through 22 October 2010; Conference Code:83354},
	publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
	address = {Venice, Italy, 20-22 October 2010},
	abstract = {<p>Wireless sensor networks are constituted of a large number of tiny sensor nodes randomly distributed over a geographical region. In order to reduce power consumption, nodes undergo cycles of active-sleep periods that reduce their ability to send/receive data. Aim of this paper is to analyze the reliability of a battery-powered sensor node with active-sleep cycles considering both linear and non linear discharge processes. The approach used in the evaluation is based on continuous phase type distributions and Kronecker algebra. The technique is thus applied to the evaluation of an example in order to demonstrate its effectiveness. The obtained results strongly encourage future work, figuring out possible application in wider network context with complex topology, redundant nodes, and unreliable links, due to the Kronecher algebra capabilities to manage the state space explosion problem. {\textcopyright} 2010 IEEE.</p>
},
	keywords = {Algebra, Battery discharge, Continuous phase, Electric network synthesis, Energy consumption, Energy utilization, Kronecker algebra, Markov reward model, Reliability analysis, sensor networks, Sensor nodes, Telecommunication equipment, Wireless sensor, Wireless sensor networks},
	isbn = {9781424492299},
	doi = {10.1109/WD.2010.5657711},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78751474054\&partnerID=40\&md5=86f6f2fa864d7e52672ab4e4bd83d78a},
	author = {Dario Bruneo and Salvatore Distefano and Francesco Longo and Antonio Puliafito and Marco Scarpa}
}
