Title :
ID Routing Mechanism for Opportunistic Multi-Hop Networks
Author :
Agusti-Torra, Anna ; Cervello-Pastor, Cristina ; Fiol, Miquel A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Telematica, Univ. Politec. de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech, Castelldefels, Spain
Abstract :
This letter proposes a general packet delivery mechanism in which routing decisions are taken on the basis of the identifiers assigned to each node. Such identifiers depend on the position of each node in the network, and their purpose is to simplify as much as possible the communication process between each pair of nodes. The proposal is based on building trees as the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL), described in RFC 6550, does. Then, each node of the tree receives a unique identifier following a hierarchical scheme. Hence, every two nodes of the tree can communicate with each other performing simple bitwise XOR operations at intermediate nodes instead of building, storing and maintaining complex routing tables.
Keywords :
radio networks; routing protocols; ID routing mechanism; RFC 6550; RPL; bitwise XOR operations; building trees; communication process; general packet delivery mechanism; hierarchical scheme; intermediate nodes; node position; opportunistic multihop networks; routing decisions; routing protocol-low-power-lossy networks; Delays; Proposals; Routing; Routing protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless sensor networks; Routing; computer networks; networks;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2013.101813.131559
