A Survey on Agent Based Rumor Dissemination for Data Access in WSNs
Leila Kheroua, Samira Moussaoui
Journal of Information Technology Review, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2012.
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Link: http://www.dline.info/jitr/fulltext/v3n3/3.pdf
Abstract:
In the context of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) where positioning information is not assumed, we are interested in the way that rumors are disseminated using simple packets called agents and queries. Using rumor agents instead of messages may enhance data accessibility in terms of energy cost and bandwidth. Agentâ€™s cooperation helps to disseminate rumor about one or more events in the network with fewer transmissions and due to the lightweight of agentâ€™s packet size the limited bandwidth can be efficiently utilized. In this survey, we try to present, describe and compare the most recent rumor agent based dissemination protocols proposed in the literature for WSNs.