Bashir Yusuf BichiSaif ul IslamAnas Maazu KademiIshfaq AhmadBichi, Bashir YusufIslam, Saif ulKademi, Anas MaazuAhmad, Ishfaq2025-10-062022273072392730-723910.1007/s43926-022-00024-z2-s2.0-85139737040https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139737040&doi=10.1007%2Fs43926-022-00024-z&partnerID=40&md5=c9fd4ecfbe745a0b1d01c5ff1d76195chttps://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/8632https://doi.org/10.1007/s43926-022-00024-zSmart devices in various application areas are becoming increasingly prevalent for efficient handling of multiple critical activities. One such area of interest is high-security militarized environments. Due to military zones’ harsh and unpredictable nature monitoring devices deployed in such environments must operate without power interruption for extended time periods. Therefore it is essential to choose an appropriate application design for operating these “things” in the internet of things (IoT) environment such that energy can be conserved throughout the operating span of an application. This paper presents two application modules and analyzes their performance in terms of energy conservation considering a military-based IoT-Fog architecture. The two modules are: A sequential application module and a master-worker application module. Experimental results show that the master-worker module incurs lower energy consumption and communication overhead than the sequential application module. Significantly the master-worker module exhibits a lower delay in tuple execution by almost four milliseconds while also accounting for lower simulation time and higher network utilization. The module achieves significant savings in energy consumption making it more effective in handling smart devices. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFog Computing, Iot, Master-worker Module, Military-based Iot, Sequential Module, Energy Utilization, Fog, Fog Computing, Green Computing, Power Management, Application Area, Application Module, Critical Activities, Energy-aware Applications, Master-worker Module, Master/worker, Military-based Internet Of Thing, Sequential Applications, Sequential Module, Smart Devices, Internet Of ThingsEnergy utilization, Fog, Fog computing, Green computing, Power management, Application area, Application module, Critical activities, Energy-aware applications, Master-worker module, Master/worker, Military-based internet of thing, Sequential applications, Sequential module, Smart devices, Internet of thingsFog ComputingMaster-Worker ModuleSequential ModuleMilitary-Based IoTIoTArticle