Communication Protocol Development using Multiple Hop Technique for Data Transfer in Wireless Sensor Network

Abhishek Shukla, Nitin Singh

Abstract


A wireless sensor network consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensors which cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants. The sensors in the wireless sensor network are deployed over a large area. These sensors have limited power and in some applications it is impractical to change or recharge the battery so the power consumption is main constraint in wireless sensor network. One of the way by which the power consumption of each node can be reduced is by using multiple hop technique for data transfer in the network.

In this article, a simple communication protocol is developed which allows the sensor nodes to communicate with the base station or central node using multiple hops. The data is transferred from source to destination using RF communication. The implementation is done using ANSI C as the programming language.


Keywords


Multiple hopping, Wireless sensor network, Sensors, MEMS technology, ANSI C.

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