the mobility in WSNs is a "big topic". Different mobility models have been developed to specify the characteristics of the mobility of nodes in WSNs and to take this into account in the Routing Protocol RPL. The RPL protocol must be extended accordingly to support mobility in WSNs. WSN has been examined in several articles. Enclosed a list of important mobility models with the indication of literature sources.
The categories of mobility models for Wireless Sensor Networks:
Nomadic Model, in [1], [4]
RPG (Reference Point Group) Mobility Model, in [4]
Random Walk Mobility Model, in [1], [2], [3], [4]
Random Waypoint Mobility Model, in [1], [2], [3], [4]
Random Direction Mobility Model, in [1], [2], [3], [4]
Boundless Simulation Area Mobility Model, in [3], [4]
Smooth Random Mobility Model, in [2], [3], [5]
City Section Mobility Model, in [3], [4]
SLAW (Self-similar Least Action Walk) Model, [5]
I've added a list of articles that examine the impact of different mobility models on the performance metrics of WSN, and provide some suggestions for extending RPLs mobility support. In particular, I would like to refer to the article:
H. Lamaazi, N. Benamar, A. J. Jara: “RPL-based networks in static and mobile environment: A performance ssessment analysis", Journal of King Saud University – Computer and Information Sciences, 30 (2018); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jksuci.2017.04.001
Some information about RPP Mobility Extension can be found in part 3.1 under:
[1] T. Camp, J. Boleng and V. Davies: A survey of mobility models for ad hoc network research, Wireless Commununications and Mobile Computing, Vol. 2, 2002; DOI: 10.1002/wcm.72
[3] E. Atsan, Ö. Özkasap: A classification and performance comparison of mobility models for ad hoc networks, International Conference on Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless, ADHOC-NOW, 2006
[5] L. Kyunghan, et al.: SLAW: a new mobility model for human walks, 28th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer, 2009
L. Saad, B. Ben Tourancheau: Sinks mobility strategy in IPv6-based WSNs for network lifetime improvement, 4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2011; https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00563724
K. Heurtefeux, H. Menouar, N. AbuAli: "Experimental Evaluation of a Routing Protocol for WSNs: RPL robustness under study", IEEE 9th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob) Experimental, 2013
O. Gaddour, A. Koubâa, R. Rangarajan, O. Cheikhrouhou, E. Tovar and M. Abid: “Co-RPL: RPL Routing for Mobile Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks using Corona Mechanism”, 9th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES), June 2014, doi:10.1109/SIES.2014.6871205
https://doi.org/10.1109/SIES.2014.6871205
H. Fotouhi, D. Moreira and M. Alves: “mRPL: Boosting mobility in the Internet of Things”, Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 26, Mar. 2015
O. Gaddour, A. Koubâa, M. Abid: Quality-of-service aware routing for static and mobile IPv6-based low-power and lossy sensor networks using RPL. Ad Hoc Netw. 33, 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2015.05.009
J. Ko and M. Chang: „MoMoRo: Providing Mobility Support for Low-Power Wireless Applications”, IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 9(2), June 2015; DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2014.2299592
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6766743/
Oliveira and T. Vazão, “Low-power and lossy networks under mobility: A survey”, Computer Networks, Vol. 107, Part 2, Oct. 2016; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2016.03.018
M. Bouaziz, A. Rachedi and A. Belghith: „EC-MRPL: An energy-efficient and mobility support routing protocol for Internet of Mobile Things“, 14th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference, Jan. 2017; DOI: 10.1109/CCNC.2017.7983074
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7983074/
H. Lamaazi, N. Benamar, A. J. Jara: “RPL-based networks in static and mobile environment: A performance ssessment analysis", Journal of King Saud University – Computer and Information Sciences, 30 (2018); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jksuci.2017.04.001
H. Fotouhi, D. Moreira, M. Alves and P. M. Yomsi: “mRPL+: A mobility management framework in RPL/6LoWPAN”, Computer Communications, Vol. 104, May 2017
E. Royer, P.M. Melliar-Smith, and L. Moser. An analysis of the optimum node density for ad hoc mobile networks. In Proc.IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2001