title: Power Conservation through Energy Efficient Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks.
abstract: The power awareness issue is the primary concern within the domain of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Most power dissipation ocurrs during communication, thus routing protocols in WSNs mainly aim at power conservation. Moreover, a routing protocol should be scalable, so that its effectiveness does not degrade as the network size increases. In response to these issues, this work describes the development of an efficient routing protocol, named SHPER (Scaling Hierarchical Power Efficient Routing).
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Electronics, Technological Educational Institution of Athens, 12210 Athens, Greece; E-Mail:  ee4194@teiath.gr  (P.T.).
authors.forename: Dionisis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kandris
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsioumas
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tzes
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nikolakopoulos
authors.forename: Dimitrios D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Vergados