Wireless sensor networks: a survey
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Multi-path continuous media streaming: what are the benefits?
Performance Evaluation
RAP: A Real-Time Communication Architecture for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks
RTAS '02 Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS'02)
ARA - The Ant-Colony Based Routing Algorithm for MANETs
ICPPW '02 Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops
SPEED: A Stateless Protocol for Real-Time Communication in Sensor Networks
ICDCS '03 Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
ReInForM: Reliable Information Forwarding Using Multiple Paths in Sensor Networks
LCN '03 Proceedings of the 28th Annual IEEE International Conference on Local Computer Networks
Multimedia streaming in large-scale sensor networks with mobile swarms
ACM SIGMOD Record
Ant Colony Optimization
HEED: A Hybrid, Energy-Efficient, Distributed Clustering Approach for Ad Hoc Sensor Networks
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Energy and QoS Aware Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
Cluster Computing
A swarm intelligent multi-path routing for multimedia traffic over mobile ad hoc networks
Proceedings of the 1st ACM international workshop on Quality of service & security in wireless and mobile networks
Ant colony optimization theory: a survey
Theoretical Computer Science
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
A survey on wireless multimedia sensor networks
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
A biologically-inspired clustering protocol for wireless sensor networks
Computer Communications
Jumping ant routing algorithm for sensor networks
Computer Communications
Power efficient video multipath transmission over wireless multimedia sensor networks
Mobile Networks and Applications
AntNet: distributed stigmergetic control for communications networks
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
QoS and energy aware routing for real-time traffic in wireless sensor networks
Computer Communications
A survey of multimedia streaming in wireless sensor networks
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
An application-specific protocol architecture for wireless microsensor networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Ant colony system: a cooperative learning approach to the traveling salesman problem
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
An agent-assisted QoS-based routing algorithm for wireless sensor networks
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Applying swarm intelligence to a novel congestion control approach for wireless sensor networks
Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Congestion control in wireless sensor networks based on bird flocking behavior
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
International Journal of Sensor Networks
QoS in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks: A Layered and Cross-Layered Approach
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
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In wireless sensor networks, most routing protocols consider energy savings as the main objective and assume data traffic with unconstrained delivery requirements to be a given. However, the introduction of video and imaging sensors unveils additional challenges. The transmission of video and imaging data requires both energy efficiency and QoS assurance (end-to-end delay and packet loss requirements), in order to ensure the efficient use of sensor resources as well as the integrity of the information collected. This paper presents a QoS routing model for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSN). Moreover, based on the traditional ant-based algorithm, an ant-based multi-QoS routing metric (AntSensNet) is proposed. The AntSensNet protocol builds a hierarchical structure on the network before choosing suitable paths to meet various QoS requirements from different kinds of traffic, thus maximizing network utilization, while improving its performance. In addition, AntSensNet is able to use a efficient multi-path video packet scheduling in order to get minimum video distortion transmission. Finally, extensive simulations are conducted to assess the effectiveness of this novel solution and a detailed discussion regarding the effects of different system parameters is provided. Compared to typical routing algorithms in sensor networks and the traditional ant-based algorithm, this new algorithm has better convergence and provides significantly better QoS for multiple types of services in wireless multimedia sensor networks.