Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 60673180, 90412011 and 90612004);the International Science and Technology Cooperative Program of China (No. 2006DFA11080);the Research Program of Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (No. 01BU0680);the Lion Project of Science Foundation of Ireland to Lei Shu (No. SFI/08/CE/ I1380)
Congestion in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) not only causes severe information loss but also leads to excessive energy consumption. To address this problem, a novel scheme for congestion avoidance, detection and all...