Accession Number:

ADA516576

Title:

An Application Specific Routing Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks

Descriptive Note:

Conference Paper Postprint

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Venkataraman, Mukundan
• Chatterjee, Mainak
• Kwiat, Kevin

Report Date:

2009-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

Numerous routing protocols have been proposed for wireless sensor networks, each of which is highly optimized for a certain class of traffic, like real time, reliable sense and disseminate network reprogramming, energy efficiency and so on. However, a typical deployment demands an arbitrary communication pattern that generates multiple traffic types simultaneously. Arguably, no single routing protocol can completely cater to a deployments various flavors. In this paper, a dynamic routing framework is proposed that can replace the traditional routing layer with a collection of routing decisions. Application packets carry a two-bit preamble that uniquely describes the nature of communication sought for. The framework dynamically wires the appropriate routing component from a set of well-defined suite.

Descriptors:

• *COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
• *ROUTING
• *COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
• *RADIOTELEPHONES
• RADIO LINKS
• COLLECTION
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• TRAFFIC
• DECISION MAKING
• DEPLOYMENT

Subject Categories:

• Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE