ABSTRACT
Once a wireless network is deployed, each node in the network can communicate with a set of nodes within a certain distance, and communication links can be established between the nodes to ensure that transmitted signals can be detected by one another. The topology of the network is determined by these nodes and links that can communicate directly. The traditional and common definitions of topology control often emphasize power control and backbone control while ignoring the important topological control mechanism of clustering. The chapter introduces the classification of topology control in wireless networks. It provides more details to this classification and the specific algorithms in each category. Hierarchical topology control technology is a very important technology in topology control research; it mainly includes clustering topology control technology and backbone network topology control technology. In the clustering topology control, the network nodes are divided into cluster head nodes and cluster member nodes, and the network is divided into multiple clusters.
