A Context-Aware Data Forwarding Algorithm for Sensor
Networks
Anandha Gopalan and Taieb Znati
Abstract:
Recent advances in wireless communication and technologies have given rise
to low-cost sensor networks. Sensor networks comprise of low-cost, low-power
nodes that are densely deployed in the environment to monitor a specific
state of the environment, for example: temperature, light, sound, speed or
radiation. This paper presents a new data forwarding algorithm for sensor
networks that takes into consideration the direction of the message, the
positional relevance of a node to the message and the available power at that
node. We conclude this paper by discussing an experimental study of the
performance of the proposed data forwarding protocol for sensor networks.