Amelioration of MPR by a backbone-based broadcasting algorithm for WSNs

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are sets of many sensors that gather data and collaborate together. So, the procedures of broadcast or multicast are more important than traditional point-to-point communication in computer network. This paper focuses on broadcasting in structured WSNs. In such a kind, the procedure of network communications is easier than in unstructured WSNs. Thus, we will make an overview of MultiPoint Relay: (MPR) to show its weakness. Then, we will define a cluster-based architecture for WSNs which is constructed using MPR. Next, we will provide a new broadcast algorithm based on the previous cluster architecture and called 3B: Backbone Based Broadcasting. By the end, an illustration of 3B shows that it minimizes the energy consumption for accomplishing broadcast compared to MPR.