BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV3I2123,
     title={Relay Nodule Selection Using Opportunistic Routing Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks},
     author={Nagesh Damami},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={3},
     number={2},
     pages={296--299},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV3I2123.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) finds its applications in several fields like keeping track of hospitals, industries, and military and so on. The sensor nodules of WSNs detect physical measures such as humidity, fire, pressure as well as physical entities such as human or animals. The sensor nodules capture and send the data to a sink nodule. The energy spent in collecting and sending the data to the sink nodule must be such that there are no energy holes. The network is expected to have a high life time as well. One factor that saves energy is the type of routing adopted. In this work a unique routing algorithm is introduced which takes into account the concept of relay nodules to overcome the issue of loss during transmission. i.e using the principle of opportunistic routing theory, relay nodules take the decision based on their distance to sink and the residual energy of each other to forward the packets/data to ensure the minimum cost and power during data relay and to protect the nodes with relatively low residual energy.

Opportunistic Routing, Exclusive opportunistic routing