3rd International ICST Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks

Research Article

Cluster-based routing protocol for mobile sensor networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/1185373.1185404,
        author={Liliana M.  Arboleda C. and Nidal  Nasser},
        title={Cluster-based routing protocol for mobile sensor networks},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={QSHINE},
        year={2006},
        month={8},
        keywords={wireless sensor networks clustering protocols mobility routing protocols.},
        doi={10.1145/1185373.1185404}
    }
    
  • Liliana M. Arboleda C.
    Nidal Nasser
    Year: 2006
    Cluster-based routing protocol for mobile sensor networks
    QSHINE
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/1185373.1185404
Liliana M. Arboleda C.1,*, Nidal Nasser1,*
  • 1: Department of Computing and Information Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 Canada.
*Contact email: larboled@uoguelph.ca, nnasser@uoguelph.ca

Abstract

Mobility in wireless sensor networks has attracted a lot of attention in the recent years [6] and has introduced unique challenges in aspects like resource management, coverage, routing protocols, security, etc. The next evolutionary step for sensor networks is to handle the mobility effect in all its forms. In this paper, we propose a mobility-aware routing protocol, using zone-base information and a cluster-like communication between nodes. The routing protocol has two different stages: Route Creation and Route Preservation. Route creation is used to discover a route from source to destination. Route preservation is used to repair the route when it is defective.