• Computer Science > Networking and Internet Architecture [Submitted on 19 Feb 2026] Title:EDRP: Enhanced Dynamic Relay Point Protocol for Data Dissemination in Multi-hop Wireless IoT Networks View PDF HTML (experimental)Abstract:Emerging IoT applications are transitioning from battery-powered to grid-powered nodes. • DRP, a contention-based data dissemination protocol, was developed for these applications. • Traditional contention-based protocols resolve collisions through control packet exchanges, significantly reducing goodput. • DRP mitigates this issue by employing a distributed delay timer mechanism that assigns transmission-start delays based on the average link quality between a sender and its children, prioritizing highly connected nodes for early transmission. • However, our in-field experiments reveal that DRP is unable to accommodate real-world link quality fluctuations, leading to overlapping transmissions from multiple senders. • This overlap triggers CSMA’s random back-off delays, ultimately degrading the goodput performance.
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- Computer Science > Networking and Internet Architecture [Submitted on 19 Feb 2026] Title:EDRP: Enhanced Dynamic Relay Point Protocol for Data Dissemination in Multi-hop Wireless IoT Networks View PDF HTML (experimental)Abstract:Emerging IoT applications are transitioning from battery-powered to grid-powered nodes. DRP, a contention-based data dissemination protocol, was developed for these applications. Traditional contention-based protocols resolve collisions through control packet exchanges, significantly reducing goodput. DRP mitigates this issue by employing a distributed delay timer mecha
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