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Sensors 2009, 9, 8399-8421; doi:10.3390/OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Review Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks Luis Javier García Villalba *, Ana Lucila Sandoval Orozco, Alicia Trivi?o Cabrera and Cláudia Jacy Barenco Abbas Group of Analysis, Security and Systems (GASS), Department of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, School of Computer Science, Office 431, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Calle Profesor José García Santesmases s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain; E-Mails: asandoval@fdi.ucm.es (A.S.); atrica@fdi.ucm.es (A.T.); cbarenco@fdi.ucm.es (C.B.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: javiergv@fdi.ucm.es; Tel.: +34-913-947-638; Fax: +34-913-947-547. Received: 14 September 2009; in revised form: 28 September 2009 / Accepted: 10 October 2009 / Published: 26 October 2009 Abstract: The applications of wireless sensor networks comprise a wide variety of scenarios. In most of them, the network is composed of a significant number of nodes deployed in an extensive area in which not all nodes are directly connected. Then, the data exchange is supported by multihop communications. Routing protocols are in charge of discovering and maintaining the routes in the network. However, the appropriateness of a particular routing protocol mainly depends on the capabilities of the nodes and on the application requirements. This paper presents a review of the main routing protocols proposed for wireless sensor networks. Additionally, the paper includes the efforts carried out by Spanish universities on developing optimization techniques in the area of routing protocols for wireless sensor networks. Keywords: routing protocol; wireless sensor network 1. Introduction Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are intended for monitoring an environment. The main task of a wireless sensor node is to sense