NEIGHBOUR DISCOVERY-BASED ROUTING METHOD FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS

摘要

A method of routing communication on-the-go in a wireless mobile network comprising of a plurality of mobile sensor nodes is disclosed. The method comprises enabling each node to gather information on its neighbouring nodes and store the information in the nodes' Neighbour List Table comprising neighbouring nodes' addresses, hop distance and intermediate neighbours' address. The information gathered may then be shared amongst neighbouring nodes. Using the gathered and/or shared information, a route to a destination node is determined. The route determining step is considered within a predetermined maximum number of hops through the neighbouring nodes. If communication link to the destination is broken, the gathered and/or shared information may be optionally updated. Next, a message received at said each node is determined whether it is destined for itself or to be onwardly routed to next neighbouring node. After this determination, the message is sent to the destination or intermediate node.