An Application Specific Routing Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Numerous routing protocols have been proposed for wireless sensor networks, each of which is highly optimized for a certain class of traffic, like real time, reliable sense and disseminate network reprogramming, energy efficiency and so on. However, a typical deployment demands an arbitrary communication pattern that generates multiple traffic types simultaneously. Arguably, no single routing protocol can completely cater to a deployment's various flavors. In this paper, a dynamic routing framework is proposed that can replace the traditional routing layer with a collection of routing decisions. Application packets carry a two-bit preamble that uniquely describes the nature of communication sought for. The framework dynamically wires the appropriate routing component from a set of well-defined suite.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA516576

Entities

People

  • Kevin Kwiat
  • Mainak Chatterjee
  • Mukundan Venkataraman

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computer Science
  • Congestion
  • Deployment
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Networks
  • Reliability
  • Routing Protocols
  • Sensor Networks
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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