7th International Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

A Modified Dijkstra’s Routing Algorithm for Increasing Network Lifetime in Wireless Body Area Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bodynets.2012.249929,
        author={Gill Tsouri and Alvaro Prieto and Nikhil Argade},
        title={A Modified Dijkstra’s Routing Algorithm for Increasing Network Lifetime in Wireless Body Area Networks},
        proceedings={7th International Conference on Body Area Networks},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
        year={2012},
        month={11},
        keywords={wban routing network lifetime},
        doi={10.4108/icst.bodynets.2012.249929}
    }
    
  • Gill Tsouri
    Alvaro Prieto
    Nikhil Argade
    Year: 2012
    A Modified Dijkstra’s Routing Algorithm for Increasing Network Lifetime in Wireless Body Area Networks
    BODYNETS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.bodynets.2012.249929
Gill Tsouri1,*, Alvaro Prieto1, Nikhil Argade1
  • 1: Rochester Institute of Technology
*Contact email: grteee@rit.edu

Abstract

Dijkstra’s routing algorithm is augmented with a novel link cost function designed to increase network lifetime by balancing energy consumption of nodes in the network. Performance is evaluated using a hardware experimental setup comprising 8 nodes and an access point placed on the body. The setup is used for real-time experiments implementing the routing algorithm in a residential environment. Results demonstrate efficient balancing of energy consumption across all nodes in the network and an increase of 40% in network lifetime.