Characterisation and Applications of MANET Routing Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks
Siddhu Warrier, Klaus Wehrle · 2007
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are networks of low-cost, low-power, multi-functional devices that can be used to monitor physical phenomena. Communication between nodes in a vast network requires routing mechanisms. A Specknet is a pro-grammable computational network of large numbers of minute semiconductor compo-nents with integrated sensing, processing and wireless networking capabilities called Specks. This thesis sets to analyse the feasibility of using Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) routing mechanisms in Wireless Sensor Networks, and to investigate application do-mains where MANET algorithms can be used. Therefore, the Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV) and Zone Routing Protocol (ZRP) algorithms, and a Visitor Tracking System (VTS) application using the DSDV algorithm were implemented on prototypes of Specks called the ProSpeckz. The suitability of the algorithms and the performance of the application are anal-ysed using several experiments. The results of the experiments indicate that MANET