Self-stabilizing Energy-Aware Routing Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Network with Limited Mobility

Abstract

Application of sensor networks in different fields is an interesting area to work with and has already drawn widespread attention. Since sensors have limited supply of on-board energy, efficient management of network is a compulsion in extending life of the sensor. At the same time, frequent damage to sensors and link failure occur because of the adverse environment in which they are deployed. A sensor network has to tolerate and recover from these failures themselves with no external help. In this respect, we have designed a self-stabilizing energy-aware routing protocol in a sensor network. Our protocol ensures the sensor network, starting from an arbitrary state, eventually set up reliable communication in network with minimum energy consumption and in a finite number of steps.