A Survey on Position-Based Routing Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks

Algorithms

Zhang Jin¹  Yu Jian-Ping¹  Zhou Si-Wang¹  Lin Ya-Ping¹ 

[1]School of Software, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China

关键词: wireless sensor network;    routing;    position;    flooding;    curve;    grid;    intelligence;   

DOI  :  10.3390/a2010158

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) have attracted much attention in recent years for its unique characteristics and wide use in many different applications. Routing protocol is one of key technologies in WSN. In this paper, the position-based routing protocols are surveyed and classified into four categories: flooding-based, curve-based, grid-based and ant algorithm-based intelligent. To each category, the main contribution of related routing protocols is shown including the relationship among the routing protocols. The different routing algorithms in the same category and the different categories are compared based on popular metrics. Moreover, some open research directions in WSN are also discussed.

【 授权许可】

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