Routing in MobileWireless Sensor Networks: A Leader-Based Approach

This paper presents a leader-based approach to routing in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks (MWSN). Using local information from neighbour nodes, a leader election mechanism maintains a spanning tree in order to provide the necessary adaptations for efficient routing upon the connectivity changes resu...

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Authors: Burgos Barrio, Unai, Amozarrain Pérez, Ugaitz, Gómez Calzado, Carlos, Lafuente Rojo, Julián Alberto
Format: article
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad del País Vasco
Repository:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/27250
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/27250
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:mobile wireless sensor networks
routing
leader election
energy-efficient
protocol
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Summary:This paper presents a leader-based approach to routing in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks (MWSN). Using local information from neighbour nodes, a leader election mechanism maintains a spanning tree in order to provide the necessary adaptations for efficient routing upon the connectivity changes resulting from the mobility of sensors or sink nodes. We present two protocols following the leader election approach, which have been implemented using Castalia and OMNeT++. The protocols have been evaluated, besides other reference MWSN routing protocols, to analyse the impact of network size and node velocity on performance, which has demonstrated the validity of our approach.