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Routing Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey (2004)
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| Venue: | IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS |
| Citations: | 739 - 2 self |
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@ARTICLE{Al-karaki04routingtechniques,
author = {Jamal N. Al-karaki and Ahmed E. Kamal},
title = {Routing Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey},
journal = {IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS},
year = {2004},
volume = {11},
pages = {6--28}
}
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Abstract
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of small nodes with sensing, computation, and wireless communications capabilities. Many routing, power management, and data dissemination protocols have been specifically designed for WSNs where energy awareness is an essential design issue. The focus, however, has been given to the routing protocols which might differ depending on the application and network architecture. In this paper, we present a survey of the state-of-the-art routing techniques in WSNs. We first outline the design challenges for routing protocols in WSNs followed by a comprehensive survey of different routing techniques. Overall, the routing techniques are classified into three categories based on the underlying network structure: flat, hierarchical, and location-based routing. Furthermore, these protocols can be classified into multipath-based, query-based, negotiation-based, QoS-based, and coherent-based depending on the protocol operation. We study the design tradeoffs between energy and communication overhead savings in every routing paradigm. We also highlight the advantages and performance issues of each routing technique. The paper concludes with possible future research areas.
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wireless sensor network routing technique data dissemination protocol routing paradigm state-of-the-art routing technique network architecture many routing essential design issue energy awareness coherent-based depending wireless communication capability possible future research area design tradeoff communication overhead saving underlying network structure routing protocol performance issue location-based routing power management small node comprehensive survey protocol operation
