Adaptive Broadcasting Method Using Neighbor Type Information in Wireless Sensor Networks

Flooding is the simplest and most effective way to disseminate a packet to all nodes in a wireless sensor network (WSN). However, basic flooding makes all nodes transmit the packet at least once, resulting in the broadcast storm problem in a worst case, and in turn, network resources are severely wa...

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Main Authors: Younghwan Yoo, Jeonghyun Kim, Hyocheol Jeong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-06-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/6/5952/