Abstract:
Provided is an apparatus and method for setting an operation of a sensor node based on an amount of energy of the sensor node. A sensor node of a wireless sensor network system may include an energy identifier to identify an amount of energy of the sensor node; and a node setting unit to set the sensor node as one of a router node that relays communication with a neighbor node and a leaf node that does not relay the communication, based on the amount of energy of the sensor node.