TY  - JOUR
T1  - Optimized Load Balanced Routing Protocol for a MIMO based
Wireless Sensor Network
AU - Arthi, K. AU - Sujithra, T. AU - Hariharan, R. AU - Lochana, A.S. Rajiva AU - Raj, S. Saran 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 23
SP  - 7250
EP  - 7256
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.7250.7256
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.7250.7256
KW  - Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
KW  -routing algorithm
KW  -MIMO
KW  -throughput
KW  -energy evaluation
KW  -quality
AB  - Wireless sensor networks consist of densely populated nodes with sensing, low computational and
wireless communications capabilities. Many routing, power management and data dissemination protocols have
been specifically designed for WSNs where energy awareness is an essential design issue. Routing protocols
in WSNs might differ depending on the application and network architecture. WSN routing protocols are
generally designed to account for a single sink and WSN multicast protocols optimize communication from a
single source. In this study, a new routing protocol is developed to implement MIMO (Multiple Input and
Multiple Outputs) communication where multiple sources report their data to multiple sinks. The aim is to
increase network lifetime, by implementing on an energy efficient routing protocol which minimizes the number
of nodes involved in routing and balances their forwarding load. The lifetime of the network was analyzed by
implementing single sink and multi sink routing techniques. The optimal route path between multiple sources
to multiple sink based on the link quality of the selected paths was determined with TinyOS test bed using Iris
Motes.
ER  -