Journal of Sensors

Review Article

Routing Protocols for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Network: A Survey

Table 1

Comparison of routing protocols for WMSNs.
ProtocolArchitectureData deliver model Location awareness Hole bypassingMethodology Congestion control Classification service Energy efficiency QoS parameters are considered
FlatHierarchicalQuery drivenEvent drivenStream queryMultipathMultichannelGeographicOther
Yao et al. [15]√ √    √  Metadata + advanced Dijxtra √√Delay
Guannan et al. [16]√  √   √   √ √Reliability
Mande and Yuanyan [17]√ √   √√  Amazing algorithm√√√Reliability
Hamid et al. [18]√ √    √√   √ Delay-bandwidth
MCRA [20]√ √  √    Flooding √√Reliability
Poojary and Pai [21]√ √    √     √Reliability
Li et al. [22]√ √    √  Based on direct diffusion   Delay
Kai and Min [23] √ √       Energy prediction mechanism  √Reliability
LEAR [25]√  √  √√  Based on AODV √√Reliability
MLAF [26] √ √  √ √  Based on LAF √√Reliability-delay
ASAR [7] √√√√  √  ACO √√Delay, packet loss ratio-bandwidth
Rahman et al. [8]√ √       ACO  √Delay-jitter
ALCOLBR [9] √√    √  ACO√  Reliability
Ke et al. [10]√ √       ACO and game theory  √Delay-bandwidth
TPGF [12]√ √  √√√ √    Delay-reliability
GEAMS [13]√ √   √  √Based on GPSR  √Delay-reliability