AN IMPROVED HONEY BADGER ALGORITHM TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF SERVICE IN WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA SENSOR APPLICATIONS

Abstract

Despite Wireless Sensor Networks' (WSNs) initial purpose was transmission of small-volume data, there has been a trend in recent years to use WSNs for multimedia applications. In this regard routing protocols must be upgraded and streamlined in order to meet the growing need for higher throughput and real-time performance when processing multimedia content. In this research work an improved Honey Badger Algorithm is presented which is intended to minimize packet loss and minimize end-to-end packet latency in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks. To transmit multimedia packets over the network, IHBA-WMSN chooses an optimized high throughput path rather than the shortest route to the destination. Moreover, it integrates a network void-bypass method to improve network dependability when it comes across network gaps. When compared to other algorithms, the simulation results show that IHBA-WMSN successfully manages energy usage while achieving a reduction in end-to-end delay and packet loss ratio when compared with conventional routing protocols. Simulation results are compared to that of AGEM, TPGF, GPSR, AODV and SGFTEM. The results suggests the IHBA-WMSN performance better under conditions that are similar to these, such as low packet end-to-end- delay and low packet loss.