TY - GEN
T1 - Collision-Free Sensor Data Collection using LoRaWAN and Drones
AU - Zorbas, Dimitrios
AU - O'Flynn, Brendan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - An open issue in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is the data collection from nodes placed at distant positions where no Internet or fixed gateway coverage is available. In this paper, we propose a reliable and energy-efficient solution using drones as mobile gateways that periodically fly over the network and collect data. We consider a point-To-point communication model between the nodes and the drones using the LoRaWAN communication protocol. Due to the nature of the default LoRaWAN MAC protocol, we modify its ALOHA-style transmission policy introducing a synchronized time-scheduled transmission mechanism to eliminate potential packet collisions. Simulation results show that a single drone can collect the data of an entire day (5760 bytes) of an area of more than 1500× 1500m2 and 80 nodes while achieving 0% packet collisions.
AB - An open issue in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is the data collection from nodes placed at distant positions where no Internet or fixed gateway coverage is available. In this paper, we propose a reliable and energy-efficient solution using drones as mobile gateways that periodically fly over the network and collect data. We consider a point-To-point communication model between the nodes and the drones using the LoRaWAN communication protocol. Due to the nature of the default LoRaWAN MAC protocol, we modify its ALOHA-style transmission policy introducing a synchronized time-scheduled transmission mechanism to eliminate potential packet collisions. Simulation results show that a single drone can collect the data of an entire day (5760 bytes) of an area of more than 1500× 1500m2 and 80 nodes while achieving 0% packet collisions.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85062860995
U2 - 10.1109/GIIS.2018.8635601
DO - 10.1109/GIIS.2018.8635601
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85062860995
T3 - 2018 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium, GIIS 2018
BT - 2018 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium, GIIS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium, GIIS 2018
Y2 - 23 October 2018 through 25 October 2018
ER -