Abstract As Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Internet of Things (IoTs) applications
evolve, the need for robust protocols, capable to guarantee extended lifetime and high …

Recently, vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) have received more attention in both
academic and industry settings. One of the challenging issues in this domain is routing …

A hybrid broadcast scheme for mobile wireless networks is proposed in this letter. The main
objective is to combine different flooding schemes in order to solve the broadcast storm …

Mobile sink groups such as rescue teams or platoons bring about a new challenging issue
for handling mobility in wireless sensor networks. Recently, a flooding-based technique has …

In wireless sensor networks, a mobile sink group brings out many challenging issues with
regard to data dissemination due to its twofold mobility: group mobility and individual one …

The reduction of energy consumption in order to increase network lifetime is one of the most
major challenges in the design of wireless sensor networks. During data dissemination, the …

A large number of workers and heavy equipment are used in most industrial sizes, and the
prevention of safety accidents is one of the most important issues. Therefore, although a …

In a wireless sensor network (WSN), geocasting is a location-based routing protocol used for
data collection or information delivery. In geocasting, a target region usually contains many …

The research on mobile sink groups such as platoons in battlefields and firefights in disaster
areas have been actively studied as a challenged and interesting issue in wireless sensor …

Mobile sink groups play crucial roles to perform their own missions in many wireless sensor
network (WSN) applications. In order to support mobility of such sink groups, it is important to …