Event-to-sink reliable transport in wireless sensor networks

• Published in: IEEE/ACM transactions on networking Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 1003 - 1016
• Main Authors: Akan, O.B., Akyildiz, I.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.10.2005; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Computer networks; Congestion control; energy conservation; Event detection; event-to-sink reliability; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Microsensors; Network topology; reliable transport protocols; Sensor systems; Sensors; Studies; Telecommunication network reliability; Transport protocols; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are event-based systems that rely on the collective effort of several microsensor nodes. Reliable event detection at the sink is based on collective information provided by source nodes and not on any individual report. However, conventional end-to-end reliability def...