On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:15 AM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I was studying some of them for a while, and now I will try to
> implement one. But I have some doubts, they are not exactly tinyOS nor NS
> doubts, but I hope someone can help me.
>
>
> It's like the following :
>
> I am going to implement a cluster-based routing protocol for WSN, thus,
> before the effective routing, clusters must be formed, on a first stage.
> After that, intra/inter-cluster communications would be taken care of.
>
> In the simulation, everything works fine because all the nodes are
> switched on at the exact same time, so I don't have to worry about
> possible delays between each initialization.
>
> However, for experimental purposes I have a problem: It is impossible to
> have all of them powered on simultaneously. I would like to know if anyone
> is familiarized with the implementations of such protocols, and could give
> "hints" on how to solve this practical "problem".
>
> I thought about having another kind of sensor-node, which would broadcast
> a initialization message, telling all the other nodes that everything is
> alright (this node would be powered on only after all the others have been
> correctly placed). However, all sensor nodes would have to be within this
> another sensor's communication range, in order to make it work. Seems to
> be a cheesy solution.

You might want to look into FTSP.

- om_p
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