Kulik, Joanna; Heinzelman, Wendi; Balakrishnan, Hari Negotiation-based protocols for disseminating information in wireless sensor networks. (English) Zbl 1012.68975 Wireless Networks 8, No. 2-3, 169-185 (2002). Summary: We present a family of adaptive protocols, called SPIN (Sensor Protocols for Information via Negotiation), that efficiently disseminate information among sensors in an energy-constrained wireless sensor network. Nodes running a SPIN communication protocol name their data using high-level data descriptors, called meta-data. They use meta-data negotiations to eliminate the transmission of redundant data throughout the network. In addition, SPIN nodes can base their communication decisions both upon application-specific knowledge of the data and upon knowledge of the resources that are available to them. This allows the sensors to efficiently distribute data given a limited energy supply. We simulate and analyze the performance of four specific SPIN protocols: SPIN-PP and SPIN-EC, which are optimized for a point-to-point network, and SPIN-BC and SPIN-RL, which are optimized for a broadcast network. Comparing the SPIN protocols to other possible approaches, we find that the SPIN protocols can deliver 60% more data for a given amount of energy than conventional approaches in a point-to-point network and 80% more data for a given amount of energy in a broadcast network. We also find that, in terms of dissemination rate and energy usage, the SPIN protocols perform close to the theoretical optimum in both point-to-point and broadcast networks. Cited in 13 Documents MSC: 68U99 Computing methodologies and applications 68M10 Network design and communication in computer systems 68M12 Network protocols Keywords:wireless sensor networks; energy-efficient protocols; negotiation-based protocols; meta-data; information dissemination PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{J. Kulik} et al., Wirel. Netw. 8, No. 2--3, 169--185 (2002; Zbl 1012.68975) Full Text: DOI