A Comparative Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in Mobile SDN-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Source of Publication
2026 the 11th International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems Icccs 2026
Publication Date
4-1-2026
Abstract
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) improves the performance and energy efficiency of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) by centralizing routing decisions. However, most existing SDN-based routing protocols have been evaluated under static network assumptions, which are unsuitable for mobility-driven IoT applications such as e-health, smart cities, wildlife monitoring, and military surveillance. This paper is among the first to evaluate SDN-based WSN routing in mobile environments using the SDNWISE framework in the COOJA simulator. Four representative protocols - Dijkstra-based Shortest Path SDN (SPSDN), Reinforcement Learning-based SDN (RLSDN), Energy-Aware SDN (EASDN), and Naïve Bayes-based SDN (NBSDN) - are assessed under varying node mobility speeds in terms of control overhead, packet loss rate, network lifetime, and throughput. Results show that mobility significantly degrades overall network performance. Nevertheless, NBSDN consistently outperforms the other protocols across all metrics, demonstrating superior robustness and adaptability to dynamic network topologies.
DOI Link
ISBN
[9798319507341]
Publisher
IEEE
First Page
448
Last Page
453
Disciplines
Computer Engineering
Keywords
COOJA simulator, IoT, mobility, performance analysis, SDN, SDN-WISE, WSNs
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Recommended Citation
Tcherak, Amine; Loucif, Samia; and Khaoua, Mohamed Ould, "A Comparative Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in Mobile SDN-Based Wireless Sensor Networks" (2026). All Works. 8187.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/8187
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yes
Open Access
no