Congestion Detection and Alleviation in Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 1

Weights based on the preferences to achieve the desired goals.

Sr.; number	Weights			Desired output based on the preferences
	()	0	0		1	Reliable routing protocol based on the maximum received signal strength ()
()	0	1	0	Congestion-aware and traffic load balanced routing based on the participation level () at a node
()	0	1/2	1/2	Congestion-aware and reliable routing protocol based on the participation level () and signal strength ()
()	1	0	0	Energy-aware, routing protocol based on the minimum ETE energy consumption ()
()	1/2	0	1/2	Energy-aware and reliable routing protocol based on the energy consumption () and signal strength ()
()	1/2	1/2	0	Congestion and energy aware routing protocol based on the consumed energy () and participation level ()
()	1/3	1/3	1/3	Congestion and energy aware reliable routing protocol to balance the traffic load based on , , and