Abstract
Future Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) will be ubiquitous, large-scale networks interconnected with the existing IP infrastructure. Autonomic functionalities have to be designed in order to reduce the complexity of their operation and management, and support the dissemination of knowledge within a WSN. In this paper a novel protocol for energy efficient deployment, clustering and routing in WSNs is proposed that focuses on the incorporation of autonomic functionalities in the existing approaches. The design of the protocol facilitates the design of innovative applications and services that are based on overlay topologies created through cooperation among the sensor nodes.
Highlights
In the last decade, there has been a great evolution in the sensor networking world
Current research efforts show that decentralization may be achieved through the exploitation of techniques that are applied in peer-to-peer (p2p) networks since relevant protocols rely on decentralized structures, such as Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) [10]
The use of probabilistic techniques combined with decentralized approaches and cooperation among nodes for dissemination of useful information provide reliability, robustness, energy efficiency and scalability in NEURON‘s mechanisms
Summary
There has been a great evolution in the sensor networking world. A vast amount of small, inexpensive, energy-efficient, and reliable sensors with wireless networking capabilities is available worldwide, increasing the number of sensor network deployments [1,2]. Current research efforts show that decentralization may be achieved through the exploitation of techniques that are applied in peer-to-peer (p2p) networks since relevant protocols rely on decentralized structures, such as Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs) [10] These techniques are based on the creation of an overlay topology and the implementation of specific mechanisms over it [4]. The transition to an overlay approach for the WSN deployment, operation and management has to be combined with energy efficient techniques, such as clustering and hierarchical routing techniques [14]. In this paper we propose NEURON, a novel protocol for autonomic deployment, cluster formulation and hierarchical routing in wireless sensor networks. Section five discuses the simulation results and section six concludes the paper with a short summary of our work and a presentation of open research issues and future work
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