ACO-Inspired Energy-Aware Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

Autor: Ryo Yamamoto, Seira Nishibu, Taku Yamazaki, Yasushi Okamura, Yoshiaki Tanaka
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Iss 1 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1509-4553
1899-8852
DOI: 10.26636/jtit.2019.129718
Popis: Multi-hop networks, such as WSNs, become an object of increasing attention as an emerging technology which plays an important role for practical IoT applications. These multi-hop networks generally consist of mobile and small terminals with limited resources, which makes them vulnerable to various network status changes. Moreover, the limited nature of terminal resources available, especially in terms of battery capacity, is one of the most important issues to be addressed in order to prolong their operating time. In order to ensure efficient communications in such networks, much research has already been conducted, especially in the field of routing and transmission technologies. However, conventional approaches adopted in the routing field still suffer from the so-called energy hole problem, usually caused by unbalanced communication loads existing due to difficulties in adaptive route management. To address this issue, the present paper proposes a novel routing algorithm that utilizes ACO-inspired routing based on residual energy of terminals. Operational evaluation reveals its potential to ensure balanced energy consumption and to boost network performance.
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