Adaptive Smart Redirect and Jump Algorithm (ASRJ) for Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks can play an important role in real-time monitoring of buried pipelines and reporting damages more efficient than traditional approaches (i.e. Wired Sensor Networks, and mechanical robots). Wireless pipeline monitoring sensor networks offer accurate, continuous, and real time data monitoring along the pipeline. This can be of a great help in planning preventive maintenance as well as detecting pipeline damage to help in corrective maintenance. Pipelines are characterized by their static linear structure that extends for large distances. This linearity can be of a great help for decreasing routing overhead in communication networks since network topology is static and there is no different routes as in mesh networks. However, most of the existing routing protocols consider mesh networks and little attention is given to routing protocols dedicated for linear structured networks. The Smart Redirect Jump Algorithm is one of the protocols that support this type of networks. In this paper, we present an extended modified version of Smart Redirect Jump Algorithm. Our approach is aiming at reducing energy consumption by controlling packet flow direction due to failing nodes. Simulations were held using OMNeT++ under Linux Environment.