A Review of Atypical Hierarchical Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
Siny Daniel, S. Narendra Babu · 2015
Hierarchical routing in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a very important topic that has been attracting the research community in the last decade. Typical hierarchical routing is called clustering routing, in which the network is divided into multiple clusters. Recent advances in wireless sensor networks have led to many new protocols specifically designed for sensor networks where energy awareness is an essential consideration. Some types of atypical hierarchical routing includes chain-based,tree-based,grid-based routing and area-based routing. The most representative atypical hierarchical routing protocols are described, and qualitatively compared. In particular, the advantages and disadvantages of different atypical hierarchical routing protocols are analyzed. Index Terms: area-based, atypical hierarchical routing, chain-based, grid-based, tree-based, Wireless sensor networks.