An efficient reconfigurable ad-hoc algorithm for multi-sink wireless sensor networks

Miriam Carlos-Mancilla, Ernesto López-Mellado, Mario Siller and Abraham Fapojuwo

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2017, vol. 13, issue 9, 1550147717733390

Abstract: This article presents a novel distributed protocol for wireless sensor network formation and operation in multi-sink environments. It consists of three stages: the first one performs network formation and maintenance under a policy of low power consumption based on a local strategy in which every sensor node in the environment interacts only with the neighbour nodes. The second one uses local information to build trees from the sink nodes using a load balance strategy. In the third stage, the sinks collect sensed data through the trees. The protocol has been modelled by a timed Petri net, which is used first for a qualitative validation in which deadlocks, operational functionality, overflows, bottlenecks, and delays were checked, and later for network performance analysis.

Keywords: Wireless sensor networks; multi-sink environments; self-organization; balanced trees; Petri nets; ZigBee protocol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/1550147717733390

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