TITLE:
An IP Format Based Algorithm for ZigBee Routing Protocol Optimization
AUTHORS:
Guiling Sun, Yuntian He, Zhouzhou Li, Zhihong Wang
KEYWORDS:
Wireless Sensor Networks, IP Format, Cluster Address, Energy Balance
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Computer and Communications,
Vol.4 No.7,
May
25,
2016
ABSTRACT: Learning from the conventional practice of
network IP address format, this paper proposed an IP-format-based algorithm for
ZigBee energy-balanced routing protocol optimization. The algorithm combines
node’s cluster address and node’s network shortaddress into a new address
and divides the address’s field as IP-format. So that the address will contain
information of the network’s topology and provide decision base for a routing
algorithm to optimize the original algorithm selection criteria. Meanwhile, in
order to improve the ratio of valid data packets and reduce routing overhead,
the new algorithm controls the general direction and the number of hops of the
RREQ packets to reduce unwarranted data packet transmission. Finally, the
simulation carried out on NS platform demonstrates the algorithm’s superiority
on network’s delay jitter, overhead and residual energy.