简介:Inthispaperthesolar-blindultraviolet(UV)lightisusedascommunicationmediumforwirelesssensornetworks(WSNs).ThreetypesofsinglescatteringUVcommunicationmodelsareintroducedandadirectionalfloodingmodelisproposed,whicharebasedonthedirectionalityoftheUVcommunicationandthetraditionalfloodingroutingmodel.Thedelay,delayjitter,throughputandenergyconsumptionofthethreetypesofcommunicationsofthenewmodelaresimulatedandcompared.Theresultsindicatethattheproposeddirectionalfloodingmodelcaneffectivelyavoidtheunidirectionalityandtheblindnessofthetraditionalfloodingbroadcastmessages.Theenergyconsumptionofnodesinthenetworkisreducedandthelifecycleofthenetworkisextended.