TY - JFULL AU - Hanieh Alipour and Alireza Nemaney Pour PY - 2011/9/ TI - An Efficient Data Collection Approach for Wireless Sensor Networks T2 - International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering SP - 1147 EP - 1151 VL - 5 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9875 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 56, 2011 N2 - One of the most important applications of wireless sensor networks is data collection. This paper proposes as efficient approach for data collection in wireless sensor networks by introducing Member Forward List. This list includes the nodes with highest priority for forwarding the data. When a node fails or dies, this list is used to select the next node with higher priority. The benefit of this node is that it prevents the algorithm from repeating when a node fails or dies. The results show that Member Forward List decreases power consumption and latency in wireless sensor networks. ER -