ABSTRACT

Contents 16.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 330

16.1.1 General Assumptions on the Network ................................................................ 330 16.1.2 Spheres and Discs ................................................................................................331 16.1.3 Routings and Their Energy Consumption ...........................................................332

16.2 The Bounds in the Simplest Case ................................................................................... 334 16.2.1 Remarks on Theorem 16.1 .................................................................................. 334 16.2.2 Bounds on the Lifetime of Networks .................................................................. 336 16.2.3 Other Corollaries ................................................................................................ 336 16.2.4 Example ...............................................................................................................338