Adaptive Square-Shaped Trajectory-Based Service Location Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks

• Main Authors: Hwa-Jung Lim, Joa-Hyoung Lee, Heon-Guil Lee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2010-04-01
• Series: Sensors
• Subjects: service location; trajectory; data replication; load scalability; robust
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/5/4497/

In this paper we propose an adaptive square-shaped trajectory (ASST)-based service location method to ensure load scalability in wireless sensor networks. This first establishes a square-shaped trajectory over the nodes that surround a target point computed by the hash function and any user can access it, using the hash. Both the width and the size of the trajectory are dynamically adjustable, depending on the number of queries made to the service information on the trajectory. The number of sensor nodes on the trajectory varies in proportion to the changing trajectory shape, allowing high loads to be distributed around the hot spot area.