Survey on communication for mobile sinks in wireless sensor networks: Mobility pattern perspective

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Journal of Internet Technology

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Abstract

Mobile sinks are being exploited for various purposes for solving the hotspot problem. Thus, the mobility support technique of mobile sinks is important, and it has been studied steadily. A survey was conducted of studies of mobile sinks in sensor networks having different movement patterns depending on the applications. The related techniques were divided into three main categories according to mobility pattern: predefined, random, and control. In addition, communications for mobile sinks are strongly affected by whether there is a single mobile sink or multiple ones. Based on this twolevel categorization, an overview is presented of some state-of-the-art mobility support techniques researched during the past three years, and then the technique are analyzed according to various criteria. Finally, this survey concludes with a summary and a discussion of some future research challenges.

ISSN

1607-9264

Volume

22

Issue

2

First Page

297

Last Page

309

Disciplines

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Keywords

Mobile sink, Mobility pattern, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

Scopus ID

85103610701

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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