The invention provides a routing method based on a coalition game. The routing method belongs to the technical field of
wireless sensor networks, and comprises the steps of: step 1, establishing a coalition game model for all nodes of a
wireless sensor network, establishing a coalition feature function based on node performance indexes, defining a fair coalition member income
distribution method, and designing a rapid converging coalition forming
algorithm so as to form a stable coalition in the network; step 2, proceeding a routing process based on the coalition formed in the network, calculating path coalition cost values fR at a
route discovery stage, and selecting a path with the minimum path coalition cost fR for transmitting data from destination node cache by means of a source node; and step 3, completing and perfecting a path energy residual ratio ER monitoring mechanism for carrying out
route maintenance on the basis of an
AODV routing protocol link failure detection mechanism, so as to prevent a path
transmission failure caused by node energy exhaustion. The routing method has the advantages of high adaptability to topology, good stability, minimal routing cost, balanced
energy consumption and the like, and effectively improves the routing performance.