What does it cost to deliver information using position-based beaconless forwarding protocols?

Bader, Ahmed; Abed-Meraim, Karim; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

What does it cost to deliver information using position-based beaconless forwarding protocols?

Type

Conference Paper

Authors

Bader, Ahmed
Abed-Meraim, Karim
Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

KAUST Department

Communication Theory Lab
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Electrical Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division

Date

2012-04

Abstract

Beaconless position-based forwarding protocols have recently evolved as a promising solution for packet forwarding in wireless sensor networks. Quite a few variants of this class of forwarding protocols have been proposed over the years. One common observation is that they have all been evaluated from the perspective of a single node. Although useful, but a solid understanding of the end-to-end performance is still necessary. In this paper, we shed light on the end-to-end performance of beaconless position-based protocols along three distinct dimensions: energy, latency, and back-off probability. The latter is used as a direct indicator of the network's transport capacity. Consequently, we are able to provide an elaborate response to the question: what does it really cost to deliver a packet in a wireless sensor network using position-based beaconless forwarding protocols? In responding to this question, we highlighted the different performance tradeoffs inherent to beaconless position-based protocols. Furthermore, some operational recommendations are also provided. © 2012 IEEE.

Citation

Bader, A., Abed-Meraim, K., & Alouini, M.-S. (2012). What does it cost to deliver information using position-based beaconless forwarding protocols? 2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). doi:10.1109/wcnc.2012.6214206