Delay tolerant wireless sensor networks(DTWSN)is a class of wireless network that finds its deployment in those application scenarios which demand for high packet delivery ratio while maintaining minimal overhead in o...Delay tolerant wireless sensor networks(DTWSN)is a class of wireless network that finds its deployment in those application scenarios which demand for high packet delivery ratio while maintaining minimal overhead in order to prolong network lifetime;owing to resource-constrained nature of sensors.The fundamental requirement of any network is routing a packet from its source to destination.Performance of a routing algorithm depends on the number of network parameters utilized by that routing protocol.In the recent years,various routing protocol has been developed for the delay tolerant networks(DTN).A routing protocol known as spray and wait(SnW)is one of the most widely used routing algorithms for DTN.In this paper,we study the SnW routing protocol and propose a modified version of it referred to as Pentago SnW which is based on pentagonal number series.Comparison to binary SnW shows promising results through simulation using real-life scenarios of cars and pedestrians randomly moving on a map.展开更多
文摘Delay tolerant wireless sensor networks(DTWSN)is a class of wireless network that finds its deployment in those application scenarios which demand for high packet delivery ratio while maintaining minimal overhead in order to prolong network lifetime;owing to resource-constrained nature of sensors.The fundamental requirement of any network is routing a packet from its source to destination.Performance of a routing algorithm depends on the number of network parameters utilized by that routing protocol.In the recent years,various routing protocol has been developed for the delay tolerant networks(DTN).A routing protocol known as spray and wait(SnW)is one of the most widely used routing algorithms for DTN.In this paper,we study the SnW routing protocol and propose a modified version of it referred to as Pentago SnW which is based on pentagonal number series.Comparison to binary SnW shows promising results through simulation using real-life scenarios of cars and pedestrians randomly moving on a map.
