Energy efficient node-disjoint multipath route discovery mechanism for wireless sensor networks

Abstract

To increase the operational lifetime of the wireless sensor network is the major objective of energy efficient routing protocols. Mutlipath routing protocols enhance the lifetime of the wireless sensor network by distributing the traffic among multiple paths instead of single optimal path. This Work proposes a low control overhead route discovery mechanism for Energy Efficient Node-disjoint Multipath Routing Protocol. The number of control messages used in the route construction is minimized. The energy spent on the route discovery mechanism is also minimized. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.