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We focus on wireless sensor networks based on ZigBee technology. While sleep standard operation mode is defined for end devices, it is not the case for the rest of devices (routers and Coordinator), which usually always remain in active mode. We designed a formal optimization model for maximizing the enlarging of the battery life of routers and Coordinator, allowing us to delimit practical successful conditions. It was successfully tested with a standard ZigBee datasheet comprising technical data for sensors, routers, and coordinators. It was tested in a practical wireless sensor network assembly with XBee S2C devices. We derived, from the previous model, a novel but simple protocol of communication among routers and coordinators. It was tested in different use cases. We showed that when end devices generate traffic at regular intervals, the enlarging of the battery life of routers and Coordinator was possible only under certain use cases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20010030","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,23]],"date-time":"2019-12-23T03:15:01Z","timestamp":1577070901000},"page":"30","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Extending the Battery Life of the ZigBee Routers and Coordinator by Modifying Their Mode of Operation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7395-9832","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Domingo","family":"Marrero","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Arquitectura y Concurrencia (GAC), Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnolog\u00edas, Cibern\u00e9ticas (IUCTC), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"},{"name":"Departamento de Ingenier\u00eda Telem\u00e1tica (DIT), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3043-7161","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alvaro","family":"Su\u00e1rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Arquitectura y Concurrencia (GAC), Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnolog\u00edas, Cibern\u00e9ticas (IUCTC), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"},{"name":"Departamento de Ingenier\u00eda Telem\u00e1tica (DIT), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elsa","family":"Mac\u00edas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Arquitectura y Concurrencia (GAC), Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnolog\u00edas, Cibern\u00e9ticas (IUCTC), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"},{"name":"Departamento de Ingenier\u00eda Telem\u00e1tica (DIT), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vicente","family":"Mena","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Arquitectura y Concurrencia (GAC), Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnolog\u00edas, Cibern\u00e9ticas (IUCTC), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"},{"name":"Departamento de Se\u00f1ales y Comunicaciones (DSC), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2019, September 09). 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