4-1
4.1 Introduction
Wireless.networks.allow.communication.between.devices.over.a.wireless.medium.using.electromagnetic.
wave
s.
.ey.oer.exi
bility
.and.spee
d
.when.sett
ing
.up.the.netw
ork,
.need.less.main
tenance
.than.cabl
ed
.net-
w
orks,
.and.allo
w
.mobi
lity.
.ere.are.die
rent
.ways.of.clas
sifying
.thes
e
.netw
orks,
.the.most.comm
on
.of.which.
is.base
d
.on.thei
r
.purp
ose
.and.radi
o
.rang
e.
.Depe
nding
.on.thes
e
.aspe
cts,
.wire
less
.netw
orks
.can.be.sepa
rated
.
into.four.grou
ps:
.wire
less
.pers
onal
.area.netw
orks
.(WPA
N),
.wire
less
.loca
l
.area.netw
orks
.(WLA
N),
.wire
less
.
metr
opolitan
.area.netw
orks
.(WMA
N),
.and.wire
less
.wide.area.netw
orks
.(WWA
N),
.see.Figu
re
.4.1.
•
. Wire
less personal area networks
.inte
rconnect
.devi
ces
.in.a.smal
l
.area
.
.e.stan
dard
.used.is.IEEE.
802.
15.1
.base
d
.on.the.Blue
tooth
.spec
ications.
.e.IEEE.802.
15.4
.stan
dard
.[WMA
C03],
.appr
oved
.
in.2004.and.prom
oted
.by.the.ZigB
ee
.Alli
ance,
.has.been.deve
loped
.to.enab
le
.appl
ications
.with.
rela
xed
.band
width
.and.dela
y
.requ
irements,
.wher
e
.the.emph
asis
.is.devi
ce
.batt
ery
.life
time
.maxi
-
mization.
.es
e
.app
lications
.wil
l
.be.run.on.pla
tforms
.suc
h
.as.sen
sors.
•
. Wire
less local area networks
.are.tech
nologies
.base
d
.on.High.Perf
ormance
.Radi
o
.LAN.(Hip
erLAN),
.
a.grou
p
.of.the.stan
dard
.grou
p
.Euro
pean
.Tele
communications
.Stand
ards
.Inst
itute
.(ETS
I),
.and.
Wi-Fi.sta
ndardized
.und
er
.IEE
E
.802
.11
.ser
ies.
4
Routing in Wireless
Networks
4.1. Introduction.......................................................................................4-1
4.2
. Rout
ing
.Pro
tocols
.and.Cla
ssication.............................................4-4
4.3
. Rout
ing
.Pro
tocol
.Fam
ilies
.for.Ad.Hoc.Net
works........................4-5
Proactive.Routing.Protocols. •. Reactive.Routing.Protocols
4.4. Routing.Protocol.Families.for.Wireless.Sensor.Networks..........4-6
Flat.Routing.Protocols. •. Hierarchical.Routing.Protocols. •. .
Location-Based.Routing.Protocols
4.5. Summary.of.the.Main.Routing.Protocols.in.Wireless.
Netw
orks.............................................................................................4-7
Optimized.Link-State.Routing.Protocol. •. TopologyDissemination.
Basedon.Reverse.Path.Forwarding. •. Dynamic.SourceRouting.
Protocol. •. Ad.Hoc.On-Demand.Distance.Vector.
RoutingProtocol. •. Dynamic.MANET.On-Demand.Routing.
Protocol. •. Sensor.Protocols.for.Information.via.Negotiation. •. Low.
Energy.Adaptive.Clustering.Hierarchy. •. Geographic.Adaptive.
Fidelity
4.6. Conclusions......................................................................................4-13
Acknowledgment......................................................................................... 4-14
Abbreviations...............................................................................................4-14
References..................................................................................................... 4-14
Teresa
Albero-Albero
Universidad Politécnica
de Val
encia
Víctor-M.
Sempere-Payá
Universidad Politécnica
de Val
encia
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