An overview on dynamic wireless sensor network architectures

Abstract

Typically, the sensor nodes of a Wireless Sensor Network have a large coverage area and longer range. They are also self-configuring or self-organizing. Clustering is used to leverage the underlying flat sensor network topology and provide a hierarchical organization. A Wireless Sensor Network can be called as dynamic if it is supported by two atomic operations: node-move-in and node-move-out, which means nodes getting out of and nodes joining into an existing network, respectively. In this paper, we study and examine Dynamic Wireless Sensor Network Architectures. Based on the review results we then conclude the best architectures that can support communication protocols such as broadcasting/flooding, multicasting, routing, and gathering.