Title :
A new scheme for packet coding in wireless sensor networks
Author :
AboElFotoh, Hosam M F ; Almunayyes, Ahmad S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait
Abstract :
We propose a new method for encoding information in wireless sensor networks. In addition to forwarding packets, routing nodes mix (i.e. code) packets from different sources to increase the information content for each transmission to neighbor nodes. We investigate the improvement in network throughput/lifetime via simulation programs. We implement the new method on different wireless sensor network topologies and show that coding and multicasting packets increase the network throughput and lifetime based on a prior knowledge of the local network topology. We report the method and its implementation. Simulation results for different topologies are included.
Keywords :
network coding; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; wireless sensor networks; forwarding packets; packet coding; packet multicasting; routing nodes; simulation programs; wireless sensor network topology; Encoding; Network coding; Network topology; Peer to peer computing; Topology; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks; Growth Codes; Networks; Networks Coding; Packet Coding; wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6233-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCE.2010.5556789
