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Position-Based Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

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Geometric routing protocols are a memoryless and scalable approach which uses position information for routing. Principles of geometric routing approaches are very simple. Every node is assumed to be aware of the location of itself, of its neighbors, and of the destination. Based only on these information, every node is able to perform a routing decision. The location can be determined by either geographic coordinates (we thus talk of geographic routing) or logical coordinates extracted from the environment. In the former case, location coordinates may be derived thanks to GPS or estimated thanks to any other positioning mean such as triangulation. In the latter case, a new coordinate system has to be built. This chapter reviews the main routing algorithms in every coordinate-based system, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each of them.

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Notes

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    Figure is taken from [22].

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    The figure is taken from [37].

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    The stretch factor is the difference in route length between the one computed by the algorithm and the optimal path.

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Mitton, N., Razafindralambo, T., Simplot-Ryl, D. (2011). Position-Based Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks. In: Nikoletseas, S., Rolim, J. (eds) Theoretical Aspects of Distributed Computing in Sensor Networks. Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14849-1_15

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