Multi-hop counter based data dissemination protocol for communicating materials

The communicating material is a new paradigm of Internet of Things. It is designed to perform efficient product control and ensure an information continuum all along the product life cycle. Therefore, storage of life cycle information and data dissemination in communicating materials are very important issues. This paper provides a solution for storing data on the material by systematic dissemination through integrated ultra-small wireless sensors nodes via multi-hop counter based algorithm. The performance of our protocol is evaluated for non-localized and localized dissemination, then for not segmented and segmented data. Simulation results using Castalia/OMNeT++ show that our algorithm provides uniform dissemination for different limited density level and efficient localized storage.