An Energy Balanced Reliable Routing Metric in WSNs

In WSNs’ applications, not only the reliable end-to-end communications are must be ensured, but also the reduction of energy consumption and the entire network’s lifetim e should be optimized. All of the above have become to be an important way to evaluate the performance of routing protocols. In this paper, an op-timization model for WSNs’ lifetime is firstly advanced. Secondly, the shortage of ETX based routing metric is solved with the help of the optimization model. Thirdly, an energy balanced routing metric is advanced which is called EBRM in this paper. The result of simulation in NS-2 shows that, the EBRM metric can not only prolong the network’s lifetime, but also can ensure the reliable end-to-end communication.

Hybrid Marine Predators Optimization and Improved Particle Swarm Optimization-Based Optimal Cluster Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks(WSNs)

Wireless Sensor Networks(WSNs)play an indispensable role in the lives of human beings in the fields of environment monitoring,manufacturing,education,agriculture etc.,However,the batteries in the sensor node under deployment in an unattended or remote area cannot be replaced because of their wireless existence.In this context,several researchers have contributed diversified number of cluster-based routing schemes that concentrate on the objective of extending node survival time.However,there still exists a room for improvement in Cluster Head(CH)selection based on the integration of critical parameters.The meta-heuristic methods that concentrate on guaranteeing both CH selection and data transmission for improving optimal network performance are predominant.In this paper,a hybrid Marine Predators Optimization and Improved Particle Swarm Optimizationbased Optimal Cluster Routing(MPO-IPSO-OCR)is proposed for ensuring both efficient CH selection and data transmission.The robust characteristic of MPOA is used in optimized CH selection,while improved PSO is used for determining the optimized route to ensure sink mobility.In specific,a strategy of position update is included in the improved PSO for enhancing the global searching efficiency of MPOA.The high-speed ratio,unit speed rate and low speed rate strategy inherited by MPOA facilitate better exploitation by preventing solution from being struck into local optimality point.The simulation investigation and statistical results confirm that the proposed MPOIPSO-OCR is capable of improving the energy stability by 21.28%,prolonging network lifetime by 18.62%and offering maximum throughput by 16.79%when compared to the benchmarked cluster-based routing schemes.

A Direct Trust dependent Link State Routing Protocol Using Route Trusts for WSNs (DTLSRP)

The traditional cryptographic security techniques are not sufficient for secure routing of message from source to destination in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), because it requires sophisticated software, hardware, large memory, high processing speed and communication bandwidth. It is not economic and feasible because, depending on the application, WSN nodes are high-volume in number (hence, limited resources at each node), deployment area may be hazardous, unattended and/or hostile and sometimes dangerous. As WSNs are characterized by severely constrained resources and requirement to operate in an ad-hoc manner, security functionality implementation to protect nodes from adversary forces and secure routing of message from source node to base station has become a challenging task. In this paper, we present a direct trust dependent link state routing using route trusts which protects WSNs against routing attacks by eliminating the un-trusted nodes before making routes and finding best trustworthy route among them. We compare our work with the most prevalent routing protocols and show its benefits over them.

SI-INSPIRED ENERGY AWARE QoS ROUTING TREE FOR WSN

A heuristic theoretical optimal routing algorithm （TORA） is presented to achieve the data-gathering structure of location-aided quality of service （QoS） in wireless sensor networks （WSNs）. The construction of TORA is based on a kind of swarm intelligence （SI） mechanism, i. e. , ant colony optimization. Firstly, the ener- gy-efficient weight is designed based on flow distribution to divide WSNs into different functional regions, so the routing selection can self-adapt asymmetric power configurations with lower latency. Then, the designs of the novel heuristic factor and the pheromone updating rule can endow ant-like agents with the ability of detecting the local networks energy status and approaching the theoretical optimal tree, thus improving the adaptability and en- ergy-efficiency in route building. Simulation results show that compared with some classic routing algorithms, TORA can further minimize the total communication energy cost and enhance the QoS performance with low-de- lay effect under the data-gathering condition.

QMCR:A Q-Learning-Based Multi-Hop Cooperative Routing Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

Routing plays a critical role in data transmission for underwater acoustic sensor networks(UWSNs)in the internet of underwater things(IoUT).Traditional routing methods suffer from high end-toend delay,limited bandwidth,and high energy consumption.With the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms,many researchers apply these new methods to improve the quality of routing.In this paper,we propose a Qlearning-based multi-hop cooperative routing protocol(QMCR)for UWSNs.Our protocol can automatically choose nodes with the maximum Q-value as forwarders based on distance information.Moreover,we combine cooperative communications with Q-learning algorithm to reduce network energy consumption and improve communication efficiency.Experimental results show that the running time of the QMCR is less than one-tenth of that of the artificial fish-swarm algorithm(AFSA),while the routing energy consumption is kept at the same level.Due to the extremely fast speed of the algorithm,the QMCR is a promising method of routing design for UWSNs,especially for the case that it suffers from the extreme dynamic underwater acoustic channels in the real ocean environment.

ECO-BAT: A New Routing Protocol for Energy Consumption Optimization Based on BAT Algorithm in WSN

Wireless sensor network (WSN) has been widely used due to its vastrange of applications. The energy problem is one of the important problems influencingthe complete application. Sensor nodes use very small batteries as a powersource and replacing them is not an easy task. With this restriction, the sensornodes must conserve their energy and extend the network lifetime as long as possible.Also, these limits motivate much of the research to suggest solutions in alllayers of the protocol stack to save energy. So, energy management efficiencybecomes a key requirement in WSN design. The efficiency of these networks ishighly dependent on routing protocols directly affecting the network lifetime.Clustering is one of the most popular techniques preferred in routing operations.In this work we propose a novel energy-efficient protocol for WSN based on a batalgorithm called ECO-BAT (Energy Consumption Optimization with BAT algorithmfor WSN) to prolong the network lifetime. We use an objective function thatgenerates an optimal number of sensor clusters with cluster heads (CH) to minimizeenergy consumption. The performance of the proposed approach is comparedwith Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) and EnergyEfficient cluster formation in wireless sensor networks based on the Multi-Objective Bat algorithm (EEMOB) protocols. The results obtained are interestingin terms of energy-saving and prolongation of the network lifetime.

Practical network coding-aware routing protocol for multi-hop wireless networks

Network coding has been considered as one of the effective strategies that improve the throughput of multi- hop wireless networks. In order to effectively apply network coding techniques to the real multi-hop wireless networks, a practical network coding aware routing protocol is proposed in this paper, for unicast sessions in multi- hop wireless networks. The protocol is based on a novel routing metric design that captures the characteristics of network coding and unicast sessions. To ensure the novel routing mettle can operate with practical and widely available path calculation algorithms, a unique mapping process is used to map a real wireless network to a virtual network. The mapping process ensures that the paths with the biggest coding opportunities will be selected by commonly used path calculation algorithms. Simulation results show that the proposed routing protocol is effective to improve the network throughput.

Load balancing strategy of heterogeneous wireless networks based on multi-hop routing algorithm of ad hoc network

Because of different system capacities of base station （BS） or access point （AP） and ununiformity of traffic distribution in different cells, quantities of new call users may be blocked in overloaded cell in communication hot spots. Whereas in some neighboring under-loaded cells, bandwidth may be superfluous because there are only few users to request services. In order to raise resource utilization of the whole heterogeneous networks, several novel load balancing strategies are proposed, which combine the call ad- mission control policy and multi-hop routing protocol of ad-hoc network for load balancing. These loadbalancing strategies firstly make a decision whether to admit a new call or not by considering some parameters like load index and route cost, etc., and then transfer the denied users into neighboring under-loaded cell with surplus channel according to optimum multi-hop routing algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed load balancing strategies can distribute traffics to the whole heterogeneous wireless netorks, improve the load balance index efficiently, and avoid the call block phenomenon almost absolutely.

(EERSM): Energy-Efficient Multi-Hop Routing Technique in Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Combination between Stationary and Mobile Nodes

In Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs), sensor nodes collect data and send them to a Base Station (BS) for further processing. One of the most issues in WSNs that researchers have proposed a hundred of technique to solve its impact is the energy constraint since sensor nodes have small battery, small memory and less data processing with low computational capabilities. However, many researches efforts have focused on how to prolong the battery lifetime of sensor nodes by proposing different routing, MAC, localization, data aggregation, topology construction techniques. In this paper, we will focus on routing techniques which aim to prolonging the network lifetime. Hence, we propose an Energy-Efficient Routing technique in WSNs based on Stationary and Mobile nodes (EERSM). Sensing filed is divided into intersected circles which contain Mobile Nodes (MN). The proposed data aggregation technique via the circular topology will eliminate the redundant data to be sent to the Base Station (BS). MN in each circle will rout packets for their source nodes, and move to the intersected area where another MN is waiting (sleep mode) to receive the transmitted packet, and then the packet will be delivered to the next intersected area until the packet is arrived to the BS. Our proposed EERSM technique is simulated using MATLAB and compared with conventional multi-hop techniques under different network models and scenarios. In the simulation, we will show how the proposed EERSM technique overcomes many routing protocols in terms of the number of hops counted when sending packets from a source node to the destination (i.e. BS), the average residual energy, number of sent packets to the BS, and the number of a live sensor nodes verse the simulation rounds.

Two-Tier Clustering with Routing Protocol for IoT Assisted WSN

In recent times,Internet of Things(IoT)has become a hot research topic and it aims at interlinking several sensor-enabled devices mainly for data gathering and tracking applications.Wireless Sensor Network(WSN)is an important component in IoT paradigm since its inception and has become the most preferred platform to deploy several smart city application areas like home automation,smart buildings,intelligent transportation,disaster management,and other such IoT-based applications.Clustering methods are widely-employed energy efficient techniques with a primary purpose i.e.,to balance the energy among sensor nodes.Clustering and routing processes are considered as Non-Polynomial(NP)hard problems whereas bio-inspired techniques have been employed for a known time to resolve such problems.The current research paper designs an Energy Efficient Two-Tier Clustering with Multi-hop Routing Protocol(EETTC-MRP)for IoT networks.The presented EETTC-MRP technique operates on different stages namely,tentative Cluster Head(CH)selection,final CH selection,and routing.In first stage of the proposed EETTC-MRP technique,a type II fuzzy logic-based tentative CH(T2FL-TCH)selection is used.Subsequently,Quantum Group Teaching Optimization Algorithm-based Final CH selection(QGTOA-FCH)technique is deployed to derive an optimum group of CHs in the network.Besides,Political Optimizer based Multihop Routing(PO-MHR)technique is also employed to derive an optimal selection of routes between CHs in the network.In order to validate the efficacy of EETTC-MRP method,a series of experiments was conducted and the outcomes were examined under distinct measures.The experimental analysis infers that the proposed EETTC-MRP technique is superior to other methods under different measures.

MILITARY MULTI-HOP ROUTING PROTOCOL

Military tactical network is one of the most important applications of ad hoc network. Currently the existing routing protocols are put forward based on the simple and universal network model which has the ability of multi-hop routing but cannot work efficiently in the special military applications. The narrow bandwidth and limited energy of the wireless network make general routing protocols seem to be more redundant. In order to satisfy military needs properly, this letter makes a detailed analysis of physical nodes and traffic distribution in military network, uses cross-layer design concept tbr reference, combines traffic characteristic of application layer with routing protocol design. It categorized routing problem as crucial routes and non-crucial routes which adopted separate maintenance methods. It not only realizes basic transmission function but also works efficiently. It is quite fit for military application.

Energy Efficient Load Balancing and Routing Using Multi-Objective Based Algorithm in WSN

In wireless sensor network(WSN),the gateways which are placed far away from the base station(BS)forward the collected data to the BS through the gateways which are nearer to the BS.This leads to more energy consumption because the gateways nearer to the BS manages heavy traffic load.So,to over-come this issue,loads around the gateways are to be balanced by presenting energy efficient clustering approach.Besides,to enhance the lifetime of the net-work,optimal routing path is to be established between the source node and BS.For energy efficient load balancing and routing,multi objective based beetle swarm optimization(BSO)algorithm is presented in this paper.Using this algo-rithm,optimal clustering and routing are performed depend on the objective func-tions routingfitness and clusteringfitness.This approach leads to decrease the power consumption.Simulation results show that the performance of the pro-posed BSO based clustering and routing scheme attains better results than that of the existing algorithms in terms of energy consumption,delivery ratio,through-put and network lifetime.Namely,the proposed scheme increases throughput to 72%and network lifetime to 37%as well as it reduces delay to 37%than the existing optimization algorithms based clustering and routing schemes.

PSO优化的能耗均衡WSNs路由算法

无线传感器网络(WSNs)节点能量和计算能力有限,所以WSNs路由设计的重要目标是降低节点能源损耗。提出PSO优化的能耗均衡WSNs路由算法,用路径探测包收集链路状态信息,将路由优化计算在Sink节点处进行,用PSO进行路由优化,减少了节点负担。算法对PSO的运算规则结合路由问题进行了重新定义,在设计适用度函数时,考虑了节点的剩余能量,以达到能耗均衡。当网络有Qo S需求时,只需在路由探测包和适应度函数上加入相应参数即可,易于扩展。最后用仿真对算法的优越性进行了验证。

基于遗传算法的WSNs多路径路由优化

对WSNs的拓扑结构进行分析,建立其路由网络模型,结合遗传算法基本原理,提出了一种求解WSNs最优多路径路由算法。该算法采用可变长度染色体编码,采取选择、交叉和变异操作,充分利用基站的信息资源和强大功能,全局优化了WSNs多路径路由。仿真结果表明,该优化机制有效延长了WSNs的生命周期,改善了网络性能。

基于定向天线WSNs的水稻田温湿度监测系统设计

针对水稻田中存在的远距离通信问题,利用定向天线通信距离远、方向性好,抗干扰能力强等优点,设计了一种适合水稻田温湿度监测的无线传感器网络(WSNs)系统。节点以MSP430F149单片机作为主控芯片,并以该节点为硬件平台编写了定向天线分簇路由协议和监控终端软件。利用该系统在水稻3个典型生长期:苗期、拔节期和抽穗期进行实验,节点天线所处高度分别为0.5,1,1.5 m,节点的最大通信距离分别为207.4,235.6,258.2 m。进行了温湿度测试实验,结果表明:该系统能够准确监测水稻田中温湿度的变化,各节点间测得的温湿度显示稳定,能够满足水稻田环境信息监测的应用要求。

基于最优连通功率控制的WSNs跨层路由优化算法

针对非连通区域节点空洞效应和热点区域节点间通信干扰导致的路由服务质量(QoS)下降问题,提出了一种基于最优连通功率控制的无线传感器网络(WSNs)跨层路由优化算法。算法采用自适应最优连通功率控制策略,在避免路由空洞产生和保证网络连通性条件下,降低热点区域节点数据转发竞争干扰;通过位置信息、剩余能量和干扰等级的跨层信息交互,动态选取最优转发节点,提高网络整体性能。仿真实验表明:算法能够提高路由(QoS)、优化网络生命周期和降低热点区域通信干扰。

一种能量优化WSNs非均匀分簇路由协议

为解决无线传感器网络多跳路由协议的"热区"问题,基于对EEUC协议的分析,提出了一种能量优化的WSNs非均匀分簇路由协议EOUCR(Energy Optimized Uneven Clustering Routing protocol)。该协议在簇形成阶段以候选簇头的剩余能量、其邻居节点的平均剩余能量和该候选簇头与SINK节点的距离作为竞选簇头的参数,且簇头竞争半径的选取考虑了成簇能耗,在此基础上形成了不同几何尺寸的簇,可减少"热区"内簇的簇头轮换次数,均衡网络负载。EOUCR在簇间多跳路由通信中引入了唯一与SINK节点通信的根节点,其他簇头则通过中继节点或直接与根节点通信,克服了EEUC能耗大且不均衡的不足,从而有效地解决临近SINK节点的"热区"问题。仿真实验结果表明,EOUCR能够更有效地节约节点能量、均衡网络能耗、延长网络生存周期。

基于权值和代价函数的WSNs非均匀分簇路由算法

针对无线传感器网络(WSNs)中多跳通信造成的"热区"等问题,提出一种基于权值和代价函数的WSNs非均匀分簇路由(WCF-UC)算法。该算法采用权值的局部竞选簇首策略,簇首根据距离信息等构建大小不均的多个簇,通过考虑节点剩余能量、节点稀疏程度等因素来保证簇首的最优选择,簇内使用链式结构代替点对点通信,有效均衡簇内通信能耗。采用簇间多跳路由算法,使用一个代价函数,兼顾簇首剩余能量、簇内成员节点数量和位置信息,确定最优能量路径,完成簇间信息传输,平衡簇间通信能耗。仿真结果表明:与LEACH,HEED,EEUC等算法相比,该算法能够有效地均衡节点能耗,延长网络生命周期。

基于能效优化的WSNs多径流量分配路由算法

该文针对传感器节点能量受限的特点建立能效优化模型,该模型兼顾网络传输能耗和能耗均衡特性,以最大化网络节点总剩余能量和最小化剩余能量的方差为目标,通过合理分配多条路径的流量来优化网络能效。利用权衡评价函数实现了模型的求解,进而提出一种多径流量分配路由(MFAR)算法。仿真实验表明,该算法能够合理配置各路径流量,显著提高网络能量效率,达到在降低网络能耗的同时保证能耗分布均衡的目标。