Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in a Wireless Sensor Network for Targeted Environment

Abstract

This paper investigates the performance of reactive and proactive routing protocols in a wireless sensor network for targeted enviroment. AODV and DSR are chosen as representatives for the reactive routing protocols and DSDV for the proactive. A wireless sensor network application for farm cattle monitoring is created. The proposed solution meets a desired requirement for periodically observing the condition of each individual animal, processing the gathered data and reporting it to the farmer. However, an implementation of a WSN needs to meet particular technical challenges before it can be suitable to be applied in cattle management. For this, multiple scenarios are presented with various situations to evaluate the performance of routing protocols in the WSNs. Finally, the results concerning data transportation from the mounted sensory devices to the mobile nodes are discussed and analyzed.