Broadcasting capability analysis of WSNs in ship information collection system

In the Internet of things environment, the information collection system designed with wireless sensor networks (WSNs) equipment as the transmission medium can realize the collection of marine environmental information. The WSN nodes can work in a harsh environment without the costly and complicate wiring in the ships. It is necessary to distribute monitoring or alarm information through broadcast operation in ship WSNs. Therefore, in order to improve the efficient application of WSNs in ship information system, the broadcast characteristics of WSNs are analysed and the existing broadcast algorithms are summarized and classified. Finally, some problems faced by broadcast technology are pointed out through simulation results.