An Agenda-Based Routing Protocol in Delay Tolerant Mobile Sensor Networks

Sensors

Xiao-Min Wang¹  Jin-Qi Zhu¹  Ming Liu¹ 

[1] School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of Chengdu, 610054, China; E-Mails:

关键词: DTMSN;    social;    mobility model;    routing;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s101109564

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Routing in delay tolerant mobile sensor networks (DTMSNs) is challenging due to the networks’ intermittent connectivity. Most existing routing protocols for DTMSNs use simplistic random mobility models for algorithm design and performance evaluation. In the real world, however, due to the unique characteristics of human mobility, currently existing random mobility models may not work well in environments where mobile sensor units are carried (such as DTMSNs). Taking a person’s social activities into consideration, in this paper, we seek to improve DTMSN routing in terms of social structure and propose an agenda based routing protocol (ARP). In ARP, humans are classified based on their agendas and data transmission is made according to sensor nodes’ transmission rankings. The effectiveness of ARP is demonstrated through comprehensive simulation studies.

【 授权许可】

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