ABSTRACT

Contents 10.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 266 10.2 Guidelines for Designing Transport Protocols in WSNs ................................................ 268

10.2.1 Performance Metrics ........................................................................................... 268 10.2.2 Congestion Control ............................................................................................ 269 10.2.3 Loss Recovery ......................................................................................................270 10.2.4 Design Guidelines ...............................................................................................270

10.3 Issues and Challenges of Data Transport over WSNs ......................................................271 10.3.1 Issues ...................................................................................................................271 10.3.2 Challenges ...........................................................................................................271

10.4 Transport Control Protocols for WSNs .......................................................................... 272 10.4.1 Protocols for Reliability ...................................................................................... 272