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@article{185616,
        author = {D.JOY SHEELA and Dr.N.Ranjith},
        title = {A Survey and Analysis of various Multipath and Multiskin Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {5},
        pages = {2281-2291},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=185616},
        abstract = {Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs) consist of numerous small, battery powered sensor nodes deployed in targeted environments to monitor physical or environmental conditions. These nodes integrated sensing, communication, and limited processing capabilities to transmit data wireless to a centralized base station or sink. Efficient and reliable routing is crucial in WSNs due to inherent constraints such as limited energy, memory and computational power. Traditionally, single path protocols are used to send data along one stablished route and single sink architecture rely on a centralized sink node to collect all data from sensor nodes. However, the single path routing may result in path failure during data transmission and re-establishment of alternate path might take more duration. Also, using a single sink architecture can lead to uneven energy dissipation and poor channel condition near the sink. To overcome these limitation, recent research has focused on multipath routing protocols in a multi sink network that aims to enhance fault tolerance, improve energy efficiency and extend network lifetime. These protocols discover multiple energy efficient paths and distribute data across multiple sinks to reduce traffic load and energy depletion in hotspot areas. This paper presents a detailed review of multi sink and multipath routing protocols for WSNs. First, the various protocols proposed in the literature are briefly discussed. Then, a comparative analysis is performed to evaluate their performance, identify limitations and suggest future directions for improving routing in WSNs.},
        keywords = {Wireless Sensor Network, Sensor nodes, Single path, Multi path routing and Fault tolerance.},
        month = {October},
        }