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Bee-Sensor-C: An Energy-Efficient and Scalable Multipath Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

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  • Xuelian Cai
  • Yulong Duan
  • Ying He
  • Jin Yang
  • Changle Li

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A wireless sensor network (WSN) is composed of a large collection of sensor nodes with limited resources in terms of battery supplied energy, processing capability, and storage. Therefore, the design of an energy-efficient and scalable routing protocol is a crucial concern for WSN applications. In this paper, we propose Bee-Sensor-C, an energy-aware and scalable multipath routing protocol based on dynamic cluster and foraging behavior of a bee swarm. Bee-Sensor-C is an evolution from BeeSensor which is a bee-inspired routing protocol for WSNs. First of all, through introducing a dynamic clustering scheme, Bee-Sensor-C offers parallel data transmissions close to the event area. This evolution reduces routing overhead and improves the scalability. Moreover, Bee-Sensor-C adopts an enhanced multipath construction method in order to achieve the balance of the network energy consumption. Besides, Bee-Sensor-C can well support the multicluster scenario. Through simulations, the network performance is evaluated and the results demonstrate that Bee-Sensor-C outperforms the existing protocols in terms of energy efficiency, energy consumption balance, packet delivery rate, and scalability.

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  • Xuelian Cai & Yulong Duan & Ying He & Jin Yang & Changle Li, 2015. "Bee-Sensor-C: An Energy-Efficient and Scalable Multipath Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, , vol. 11(3), pages 976127-9761, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:intdis:v:11:y:2015:i:3:p:976127
    DOI: 10.1155/2015/976127
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