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A time division beacon scheduling mechanism for IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee cluster-tree wireless sensor networks

dc.contributor.authorKoubâa, Anis
dc.contributor.authorCunha, André
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Mário
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-18T15:04:41Z
dc.date.available2014-02-18T15:04:41Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractWhile the IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee protocol stack is being considered as a promising technology for low-cost low-power Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), several issues in the standard specifications are still open. One of those ambiguous issues is how to build a synchronized multi-hop cluster-tree network, which is quite suitable for ensuring QoS support in WSNs. In fact, the current IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee specifications restrict the synchronization in the beacon-enabled mode (by the generation of periodic beacon frames) to star-based networks, while it supports multi-hop networking using the peer-to-peer mesh topology, but with no synchronization. Even though both specifications mention the possible use of cluster-tree topologies, which combine multihop and synchronization features, the description on how to effectively construct such a network topology is missing. This paper tackles this problem, unveils the ambiguities regarding the use of the cluster-tree topology and proposes a synchronization mechanism based on Time Division Beacon Scheduling to construct cluster-tree WSNs. We also propose a methodology for an efficient duty cycle management in each router (cluster-head) of a cluster-tree WSN that ensures the fairest use of bandwidth resources. The feasibility of the proposal is clearly demonstrated through an experimental test bed based on our own implementation of the IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee protocol.por
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/ECRTS.2007.82pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn0-7695-2914-3
dc.identifier.issn1068-3070
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/3958
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherIEEEpor
dc.relation.ispartofseriesReal-Time Systems;
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4271687&tag=1por
dc.titleA time division beacon scheduling mechanism for IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee cluster-tree wireless sensor networkspor
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oaire.citation.title19th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systemspor
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