Research Article

Distributed Image Compression Architecture over Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks

Algorithm 1

Multihop hierarchical routing level setup.
if  round  ==  1  then
BS  broadcasts  Level-Msg  containing  routing_level  =  1.
if  SN  receives  the  broadcasting  message  then
if  Message  is  Level-Msg  then
if  routing_level  of  node  !=  0  then
if  routing_level  of  node  >  routing_level  within  received  message  then
Update  routing_level  of  SN  
if  Node  is  CH  then
routing_level    routing_level  +  1
Broadcast  new  Level-Msg  (ID,  routing_level)  
end  if
end  if
Else
Update  routing_level  of  SN  with  routing_level  within  received  message
end  if
else  if  Message  is  Level-Request-Msg  then
if  routing_level  of  node  !=  0  then
Send  Reply-Request-Msg  (ID,  routing_level)  to  the  requested  SN
end  if
End
else  
Waiting  for  Level-Msg  when  T1  is  expired
if  Node  is  CH  then
Broadcast  Level-Request-Msg  (ID)
Waiting  for  Level-Reply-Msg  when  T2  is  expired
if  Node  receive  Level-Reply-Msg  then
if  Node  is  CH  then
Update  routing_level  of  SN  with  routing_level  within  received  message
routing_level    routing_level  +  1
Broadcast  new  Level-Msg  (ID,  routing_level)
end  if
Else
Waiting  for  Level-Reply-Msg  when  T3  is  expired
routing_level    100
end  if
Else
Waiting  for  Level-Msg  when    is  expired
routing_level    100
end  if
end  if
end  if