A performance study of DSDV-based CLUSTERPOW and DSDV routing algorithms for sensor network applications

Wireless adhoc sensor networks are ad hoc networks that consist of a number of autonomous, battery powered, static devices, communicating with each other through radio connections, using special routing algorithms. Many sensor network implementations use DSDV as their routing protocol. The wireless sensor networks´ resources such as throughput and energy are scarce and need to be carefully used. Power control can be implemented by CLUSTERPOW algorithm. Among other factors that could waste the networks´ resources and deplete the nodes´ energy, is the routing protocol´s overhead. DSDV is designed for mobile ad hoc networks and a large ratio of its traffic is generated to keep the routes updated. We studied the behavior of the protocols through simulation and found out that by carefully adjusting some parameters the performance improves, the routing overhead reduces and less energy is consumed.