caa a22 4500 606190058 CHVBK 20210128100853.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10776-015-0271-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10776-015-0271-2 Comparative Analysis of Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor-Actor Networks: A Review [Elektronische Daten] [Jagadeesh Kakarla, Banshidhar Majhi, Ramesh Babu Battula] Wireless sensor-actor networks (WSANs) are applicable in versatile domains ranging from very common to those which demand reliable actions in the event area. The unique characteristics of WSANs and the resource-constrained nature of the constituent sensor nodes give rise to design energy and delay efficient routing protocols. Many researchers have made considerable efforts to meet these challenges by designing energy and delay efficient protocols. In this paper, a comprehensive survey is presented on existing routing protocols for WSAN to analyze and list out their merits and demerits. The study broadly segregates the existing routing protocols into two categories i.e., cluster based and non-cluster based protocols. The cluster based protocols structure the physical network into virtual groups, whereas the non-cluster based protocols either use flooding or broadcasting mechanisms for communication. All the routing protocols under consideration have been simulated in a common simulation platform. Their performances are analyzed with respect to average end-to-end delay, packet delivery ratio, and average energy dissipation in the network individually. In addition, the best protocols among both the categories are compared to derive an overall conclusion. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Actor nationallicence Delay nationallicence Packet delivery ratio nationallicence Energy nationallicence Sensor nationallicence Kakarla Jagadeesh Department of CSE, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, India aut Majhi Banshidhar Department of CSE, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, India aut Babu Battula Ramesh Department of CSE, MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India aut International Journal of Wireless Information Networks Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 22/3(2015-09-01), 220-239 1068-9605 22:3<220 2015 22 10776 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10776-015-0271-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10776-015-0271-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kakarla Jagadeesh Department of CSE, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Majhi Banshidhar Department of CSE, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Babu Battula Ramesh Department of CSE, MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Wireless Information Networks Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 22/3(2015-09-01), 220-239 1068-9605 22:3<220 2015 22 10776