Wireless Sensor Networks

Chapter 11

Investigation on Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

A. K. Dwivedi and O. P. Vyas

Contents

11.1  Introduction

11.2  Prior Work

11.2.1  Protocol Evaluation Factors for WSN-Specific Protocols

11.2.2  Protocol Design Challenges

11.2.3  Security Concerns at WSN-Specific Protocols

11.3  Theoretical Aspects of Application Layer Protocols for WSNs

11.4  Theoretical Aspects of Transport Layer Protocols for WSNs

11.4.1  Wireless Modular Transport Protocol (WMTP)

11.4.2  Pump Slowly, Fetch Quickly (PSFQ)

11.4.3  Event-to-Sink Reliable Transport (ESRT)

11.4.4  Sensor Transmission Control Protocol (STCP)

11.4.5  Asymmetric and Reliable Transport (ART)

11.4.6  Distributed Transport for Sensor Networks (DTSN)

11.5  Theoretical Aspects of Network ...