This work is supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2008AA01Z208, No.2008AA022503 and No.2009AA01Z405), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60772150), and the Youth Foundation of Sichuan Province (No.2009-28-419).
In sensor networks, the selection of the transmission power level influences the network topology, power consumption and packet reception rate. In this paper, we analyze the effects of power control in the scenario of...