Error Correction Codes in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) require reliable data transmission with constrained energy consumption, power dissipation and high performance to maximize sensor lifetimes. A specific Error Correction Code (ECC) cannot be adopted by different applications of WSN as the ECC depends on application requirements and network constraints. Therefore, choosing the optimum ECC for a WSN application is done by taking the performance and energy consumption into consideration. In this paper, we build a systematic literature review about different methods of error correction codes for different applications in WSN. Furthermore, we study two ECC algorithms, which are block codes and convolutional codes, deployed for energy, power and performance.