The effective application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to wide area environmental monitoring currently represents a challenge for this technology. Since devices are usually energy constrained, smart power saving procedures are needed to increase the network lifetime. A common approach is to switch off the node's radio; this definitely requires the adoption of synchronisation procedures that properly schedule packets transmission to avoid both overhearing effects and collisions. To this end, a novel class of MAC layer protocols, named STAR MAC, is presented. This is further improved by introducing STAR+ scheme and properly integrating within a routing solution, according to the cross-layer design. It allows the optimisation of energetic consumption, or equivalently, network life-time, together with minimising the signalling overhead. The proposed solution is then applied to a realistic user-defined scenario, highlighting remarkable advantages both in terms of robustness, self reconfigurability, cost, complexity and QoS, thus validating the proposed solution.

Design and application of enhanced communication protocols for wireless sensor networks operating in environmental monitoring / F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; R. Fantacci; A. Manes. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SENSOR NETWORKS. - ISSN 1748-1279. - STAMPA. - Volume 2:(2007), pp. 299-310.

Design and application of enhanced communication protocols for wireless sensor networks operating in environmental monitoring

CHITI, FRANCESCO;CIABATTI, MICHELE;COLLODI, GIOVANNI;DI PALMA, DAVIDE;FANTACCI, ROMANO;MANES, ANTONIO
2007

Abstract

The effective application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to wide area environmental monitoring currently represents a challenge for this technology. Since devices are usually energy constrained, smart power saving procedures are needed to increase the network lifetime. A common approach is to switch off the node's radio; this definitely requires the adoption of synchronisation procedures that properly schedule packets transmission to avoid both overhearing effects and collisions. To this end, a novel class of MAC layer protocols, named STAR MAC, is presented. This is further improved by introducing STAR+ scheme and properly integrating within a routing solution, according to the cross-layer design. It allows the optimisation of energetic consumption, or equivalently, network life-time, together with minimising the signalling overhead. The proposed solution is then applied to a realistic user-defined scenario, highlighting remarkable advantages both in terms of robustness, self reconfigurability, cost, complexity and QoS, thus validating the proposed solution.
2007
Volume 2
299
310
F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; R. Fantacci; A. Manes
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