Routing Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks: Analysed and Compared

Abstract

Wireless sensor network will be the dominating field in the future era. Right now it goes from the transformation phase. It unfolds its capacity and sort out its limitations. There are certain limitations imposed on Wireless sensor network when we deployed them in the field. Out of them routing of data in wireless sensor network is quite critical due to frequently movement of nodes.Routing protocol is used to determine routes between nodes to facilitate efficient communication within the network. The primary objective of such a wireless network routing protocol is accurate and effective path formation among a pair of nodes so that communications may be done with minimum delay. This paper deals with the concise study of the available routing algorithm and examinations of these algorithms based on certain parameters. The paper conveys an outline of various routing algorithms by providing their features and functionality and then provides a comparison and conversation of their distinct abilities and shortcomings. We also try to elaborate the primitive functioning of routing algorithms for wireless sensor networks.