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Appendix A

Conference Contributions

• J. G. J. Krige, M. J. Grobler and H. Marais “A Test-bed Implementation of Energy

Efficient Wireless Sensor Network Routing Protocols, Southern African Telecommu-

nications and Networks Access Conference (SATNAC), George, South Africa, Sept.

2012.

• J. G. J. Krige, M. J. Grobler and H. Marais “A Novel Energy Consumption As-

certaining Wireless Sensor Network Routing Protocol Test-bed, Southern African

Telecommunications and Networks Access Conference (SATNAC), Stellenbosch, South

Africa, Sept. 2013.

• J. G. J. Krige, M. J. Grobler and H. Marais “A Novel Wireless Sensor Network

Test-bed Sensor Node, IEEE Africon, Port Louis, Mauritius, Sept. 2013.

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Appendix C

Sensor Node Connection Diagram

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Figure C.1: Sensor Node Connection Diagram

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Appendix D

Shortest Hop Path and MTTP

Experiment Data

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Figure D.1: A 3D Contour Plot of the Node Energy Consumption (J) of the ShortestHop Path Routing Scheme (Experiment 1) Versus the Node Deployment (x,y)

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Figure D.2: A 3D Contour Plot of the Node Energy Consumption (J) of the ShortestHop Path Routing Scheme (Experiment 2) Versus the Node Deployment (x,y)

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Figure D.3: A 3D Contour Plot of the Node Energy Consumption (J) of the ShortestHop Path Routing Scheme (Experiment 3) Versus the Node Deployment (x,y)

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Figure D.4: A 3D Contour Plot of the Node Energy Consumption (J) of the MTTPRScheme (Experiment 1) Versus the Node Deployment (x,y)

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Figure D.5: A 3D Contour Plot of the Node Energy Consumption (J) of the MTTPRScheme (Experiment 2) Versus the Node Deployment (x,y)

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Figure D.6: A 3D Contour Plot of the Node Energy Consumption (J) of the MTTPRScheme (Experiment 3) Versus the Node Deployment (x,y)

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Appendix E

Statistical Consultation Service Letter

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