Design and implementation of the SIRC protocol for achieving QoS parameters in wireless sensor networks.

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technique for reliable data dissemination in wireless sensor networks. The aim behind the study is to achieve different quality of service parameters for wireless sensor networks using socially inspired, reliable communication to reduce energy consumption by the nodes. The total number of nodes is equally divided into clusters. One node works as a sink node and the sink nearest node works as a movable mobile data collector (MMDC) node for reliable data collection from cluster heads and common nodes. The nodes which are level 1 away from the sink node work as MMDC. When MMDC gets a congestion alert from the cluster heads, it searches and moves to the cluster heads for data collection and sends collected packets to the sink node. This strategy controls congestion and traffic at sink and cluster head nodes. This technique archives the reliability, packet delivery ratio, packet loss ratio, and energy efficiency parameters of wireless sensor networks. Other than those parameters, the SIRC protocol achieved delay and network throughput parameters of WSNs. This work shows the best method of reliable data collection in clustered WSNs.