Title :
A self-organizing approach to data forwarding in large-scale sensor networks
Author :
Mirkovic, Jelena ; Venkataramani, Geetha Priya ; Lu, Songwu ; Zhang, Lixia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
The large number of networked sensors, frequent sensor failures and stringent energy constraints pose unique design challenges for data forwarding in wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we present a new approach to data forwarding in sensor networks that effectively addresses these design issues. Our approach organizes sensors into a dynamic, self-optimizing multicast tree-based forwarding hierarchy, which is data centric and robust to node failures. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our design through simulations
Keywords :
distributed sensors; multicast communication; network topology; protocols; radiotelemetry; telecommunication network reliability; data forwarding; design; dynamic self-optimizing multicast tree-based forwarding hierarchy; energy constraints; large-scale sensor networks; networked sensors; self-organizing approach; sensor failures; wireless sensor networks; Ad hoc networks; Computer networks; Computer science; Intelligent networks; Large-scale systems; Multicast protocols; Robustness; Scalability; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Helsinki
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7097-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2001.937143
