A comprehensive survey of congestion control protocols in wireless sensor networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1839-1859

  Sergiou, Charalambos ^a   Antoniou, Pavlos ^a   Vassiliou, Vasos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

congestion avoidance; congestion control; reliable transmission; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

COMPUTATIONAL POWER; CONGESTION AVOIDANCE; CONGESTION CONTROL PROTOCOLS; RELIABLE DATA DELIVERY; RELIABLE TRANSMISSION; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; WIRED AND WIRELESS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84914669429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2014.2320071     Document Type: Article

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