Title
COALA: A Protocol for the Avoidance and Alleviation of Congestion in Wireless Sensor Networks.
Abstract
The occurrence of congestion has an extremely deleterious impact on the performance of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). This article presents a novel protocol, named COALA (COngestion ALleviation and Avoidance), which aims to act both proactively, in order to avoid the creation of congestion in WSNs, and reactively, so as to mitigate the diffusion of upcoming congestion through alternative path routing. Its operation is based on the utilization of an accumulative cost function, which considers both static and dynamic metrics in order to send data through the paths that are less probable to be congested. COALA is validated through simulation tests, which exhibit its ability to achieve remarkable reduction of loss ratios, transmission delays and energy dissipation. Moreover, the appropriate adjustment of the weighting of the accumulative cost function enables the algorithm to adapt to the performance criteria of individual case scenarios.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3390/s17112502
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Wireless Sensor Networks,congestion avoidance,congestion control,load balancing,energy efficiency,routing protocol
Weighting,Slow-start,Efficient energy use,Load balancing (computing),Computer network,Network congestion,Engineering,Wireless sensor network,TCP congestion-avoidance algorithm,Routing protocol
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
17
11.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.42
9
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dionisis Kandris11799.61
George Tselikis210.42
Eleftherios Anastasiadis310.42
Emmanouil A. Panaousis410114.94
Tasos Dagiuklas538150.51