TY - CHAP
T1 - MeshMAC
T2 - 1st International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, ADHOCNETS 2009
AU - Muthukumaran, Panneer
AU - De Paz, Rodolfo
AU - Spinar, Rostislav
AU - Pesch, Dirk
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Although IEEE 802.15.4 is being considered as a promising standard for low-cost low-power Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), several issues in the specification are still open. One of those open issues is how to build a synchronized multi-hop mesh network for power efficient, scalable, and robust networking. In fact, while the current specification supports multi-hop networking using peer-to-peer topology, it restricts its use to the beaconless mode. This paper presents an extension to the current IEEE 802.15.4 standard in which mesh networking in the low power beacon mode is enabled through the use of distributed beacon scheduling. The work presented in this paper has been implemented on top of the Open-ZB IEEE 802.15.4 implementation within the TinyOS operating system. The feasibility of our proposal is demonstrated and evaluated through both physical test-bed and computer based emulation.
AB - Although IEEE 802.15.4 is being considered as a promising standard for low-cost low-power Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), several issues in the specification are still open. One of those open issues is how to build a synchronized multi-hop mesh network for power efficient, scalable, and robust networking. In fact, while the current specification supports multi-hop networking using peer-to-peer topology, it restricts its use to the beaconless mode. This paper presents an extension to the current IEEE 802.15.4 standard in which mesh networking in the low power beacon mode is enabled through the use of distributed beacon scheduling. The work presented in this paper has been implemented on top of the Open-ZB IEEE 802.15.4 implementation within the TinyOS operating system. The feasibility of our proposal is demonstrated and evaluated through both physical test-bed and computer based emulation.
KW - IEEE 802.15.4 standard
KW - Medium access control
KW - Mesh networking
KW - Wireless sensor networks
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84873185346
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-11723-7_38
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-11723-7_38
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84873185346
SN - 3642117228
SN - 9783642117220
T3 - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
SP - 561
EP - 575
BT - Ad Hoc Networks - First International Conference, ADHOCNETS 2009, Revised Selected Papers
Y2 - 22 September 2009 through 25 September 2009
ER -