On Jul 29, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Ellen Shlossberg wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have been reading through the mailing list and relative papers on  
> multi-hop routing in TinyOS and I am hoping someone can suggest a  
> good and simple implementation. I am using tinyos-2.x with mica2  
> motes and the options for routing aren't always applicable to both  
> 2.x and mica2. This is a document I found useful on describing the  
> routing types, but it does not specify the locations of files and  
> how to implement the protocols.
>
> http://db.lcs.mit.edu/madden/html/tinyos-nsdi04.pdf
>
> My goal is to have around 20 motes turn on, discover routes to each  
> other by talking to their one-hop neighbors, and then maintain this  
> network and notice if any new mote has entered or if an existing one  
> has left. It appears that AODV would be useful, but the routes would  
> have to be retained in a routing table for an extended period (not  
> just for one-time use). What would be the best routing method to use?
>
> I have Dissemination and Collection working, but I believe they do  
> not maintain specific routes, but rather used route discovery each  
> time they need to disseminate or collected. I've also read about  
> multiHopRoute - but could not find a specific implementation. Same  
> for LQI and CTP. Do these work with mica2?  Is there a simple way to  
> test these out in a small network of motes - say 4 or 5 motes?

CTP works on mica2 nodes. Here's a paper describing how it works:

http://sing.stanford.edu/pubs/sing-09-01.pdf

CTP does not use on-demand route discovery: it continuously maintains  
routes to collection points. So it's more like DSDV than AODV/DYMO.

Phil
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