Routing Protocol for BusNet

Abstract

Application of sensor networks for environmental monitoring is becoming an ideal, remarkable and e cient solution for its inherent problems. In sensor networks, tiny devices, which have sensors, considerable amount of processing power and wireless communication capabilities, are being dropped over a wide area in order to capture interest measures. Even in places where any other technology cannot sustain, sensor nodes would live for they are built for it. BusNet is a wireless sensor network system proposed for air pollution monitoring. In BusNet, sensors have been mounted on top of buses to collect data from all over the country. A Geographical Positioning System (GPS) has been implemented in BusNet to keep track of sensed locations. Sensor nodes will communicate in several ways with BusNet bases located at bus stations depending on the type of node and situations. The underlying concepts and algorithms of BusNet could be used as a cost e ective way of covering a large geographical area while reducing the number of nodes. However current implementation had only data forwarding technique. This research focus on routing protocol design for forwarding the data with more e cient and accurate manner. Even though this protocol never violate the underling concepts of BusNet. This would open new path to think how data routing protocol implant in vehicular networks.