“…In this chapter, we defined the lifetime of a Wireless Sensor Network as the period of time from the moment the network operation begins until the first mote runs out of battery, as considered in [19], [20], [93]- [97]. Assuming our simulated mote model, a 150 mAh battery provides the maximum lifetime, i.e., when the mote neither sends nor receives messages, of 7142.85 hours.…”