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Information Flow Based Routing Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks

Overview This paper introduces a measure of information as a new criteria for the performance analysis of routing algorithms in wireless sensor networks. The paper argues that since the objective of a sensor network is to estimate a two dimensional random field, a routing algorithm must maximize information flow about the underlying field over the life time of the sensor network. The paper develops two novel algorithms, MIR (Maximum Information Routing) and CMIR (Conditional Maximum Information Routing) designed to maximize information flow, and present a comparison of the algorithms to a previously proposed algorithm - MREP (Maximum Residual Energy Path) through simulations. The paper shows that the proposed algorithms give significant improvement in terms of information flow, when compared to MREP.

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Publisher	Polytechnic University	File Format	PDF
Date Published	August 2007	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Monitoring Systems, Software Engineering, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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