Title: On a routing method of WSN in manufacturing - a complex networks view

Authors: Ye Xu; Yueqiu Jiang

Addresses: College of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Nanping Center Road 1#, Shenyang, 110159, China ' College of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Nanping Center Road 1#, Shenyang, 110159, China

Abstract: A routing method and corresponding protocol in wireless sensor networks in manufacturing - in a complex networks view are studied in this paper. The algorithm could be used to form a WSN in manufacturing with a scale-free-network-like topology which helps shorten the length of the routing path. Together with the information fusion function involved in the scale-free routing protocol, the algorithm could dramatically reduce the redundancies of the datagram transferred in the WSN and thus improve the life cycle of WSN in manufacturing.

Keywords: complex networks; scale-free networks; routing algorithms; network topology; WSNs; wireless sensor networks; manufacturing industry; network life cycle; information fusion.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIMS.2013.058744

International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services, 2013 Vol.3 No.2, pp.165 - 174

Published online: 30 Jun 2014 *

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