Table 6.

Category of Routing Protocols Based on Features

Category	Protocol	Void Avoidance	Improve Data Delivery Ratio	Energy Efficiency	Multi Hop	Mobile /Static Nodes	Multiple/Single Sink	Location is Known	Cluster or Single Entity
Adaptive	SACRP [72]	No	✔	✔	Yes	Static	Single	Yes	Single
	AHH-VBF [73]	No	✔	✔	No	Both	Single	Yes	Single
	iAMCTD [74]	No	✔	✔	No	Mobile	Multiple	No	Single
	AVN-AHH-VBF [75]	Yes	✔	✔	Yes	Static	Single	Yes	Single
	QL-EEBDG [76]	No	✔	✔	No	Static	Multiple	Yes	Single
Geographic & Opportunistic	EnOR [77]	No	✔	✔	Yes	Static	Single	Yes	Single
	Co-improved Hydrocast [78]	Yes	✔	✔	No	Static	Multiple	Yes	Single
	VHGOR [79]	Yes	✔	✔	No	Static	Single	Yes	Single
	GEDAR [80]	Yes	✔	✔	Yes	Mobile	Single	Yes	Cluster
	GGFGD & GFGD [81]	No	✘	✔	Yes	Static	Single	Yes	Single
	3DRanDomProb [82]	No	✔	✘	Yes	Mobile	Single	No	Single
Cross-Layer	cross-layer protocol stack [83]	No	✔	✔	Yes	Static	Single	Yes	Cluster
	NCRP [84]	Yes	✔	✔	Yes	Static	Single	Yes	Cluster
	VBF-improve [85]	No	✘	✔	No	Mobile	Single	Yes	Single
Cooperative	Co-UWSN [86]	Yes	✔	✔	Yes	Mobile	Multiple	Yes	Single
	NC [87]	No	✘	✔	Yes	Static	Multiple	No	Single
	S-DCC [88]	No	✘	✔	Yes	Static	Multiple	No	Single
	HAMA [89]	Yes	✘	✔	Yes	Mobile	Single	Yes	Cluster
	CoDBR [90]	No	✘	✔	Yes	Mobile	Multiple	Yes	Cluster
	EOCA [91]	No	✔	✔	Yes	Mobile	Single	Yes	Cluster
	SPARCO [92]	No	✔	✔	Yes	Mobile	Single	Yes	Cluster
Artificial Intelligence Related	QKS [93]	No	✘	✔	No	Mobile	Single	Yes	Cluster
	QELAR [94]	No	✘	✔	Yes	Mobile	Single	Yes	Single
	UW-ALOHA-Q [95]	No	✔	✔	Yes	Static	Multiple	Yes	Single