Collector Tree Protocol (CTP) performance in mobile Wireless Sensor Networks

Mobility poses many challenges to the routing protocols used in Wireless Sensor Networks. In this paper we evaluate the performance of the Collection Tree Protocol (CTP) when used in a mobile scenario. The simulation study shows that CTP performs poorly in a mobile scenario because of the frequent tree re-generation process resulting from the nodes´ movements. The result is that there is a need for a better link computation technique for the collection tree protocols to make them functional in mobile applications.