A Survey on Trickle Algorithm: Comparative Analysis

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging area in the field of wireless communication. Due to its resource constraint environment, IETF gave a standard for IVP6 routing protocol for low power and lossy networks (RPL). The major component of RPL is Trickle algorithm. It is used to control the number of messages exchanged between devices and helps in early network stabilization. Due to its importance, it is crucial for researchers to understand this protocol. The absence of surveys in Trickle Algorithm motivates us to write this paper. In this paper, we compared different Trickle Algorithms based on performance parameters like convergence time, energy consumption, packet delivery ratio and others. Concluding, we can say that it is open research area in the designing parameters of Trickle�s Algorithms and we believe that this survey will be beneficial for researchers in their relevant work.