Socionomics inspired data routing in WSNs

A society is typically driven by an economic model to manage demand, debt and distribution that is virtually analogous to the management of data, resources and routing in WSNs. In this paper, the application of such a socio-economic model is formalised as a framework to optimise resource utilisation and collaboration among sensor nodes. A specifically designed simulation platform (WSNSim) has been used to validate the Socionomics framework for WSN. A series of experiments involving the formation of relay points, node vulnerability, packet loss and delivery, and propagation delays, has been performed to demonstrate the scheme by which the framework aids in maximising network lifetime.