Title :
A new beacon scheduling mechanism for mesh Wireless Personal Area Networks based on IEEE 802.15.4
Author :
Lu, Juan ; Van Den Bossche, Adrien ; Campo, Eric
Author_Institution :
INSA, Univ. de Toulouse, Blagnac, France
Abstract :
IEEE 802.15.4 protocol is a promising technology for WPANs (Wireless Personal Area Networks) with several issues to be addressed. In particular, the description on how to construct a mesh networking topology is missing. Moreover, an issue is how the router/coordinator can save energy while being effective for the entire network. This paper deals with this problem, discusses the ambiguities regarding the use of mesh topology and proposes a new collision-free beacon scheduling mechanism to construct a suited WPAN. The details of the protocol, ADCF MAC (Adaptive and Distributed Collision-Free Medium Access Control), will be fully described and analyzed.
Keywords :
Zigbee; access protocols; scheduling; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; ADCF MAC protocol; IEEE 802.15.4 protocol; adaptive and distributed collision-free medium access control; collision-free beacon scheduling mechanism; mesh networking topology; mesh wireless personal area networks; network coordinator; network router; Convergence; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Media Access Protocol; Topology; Wireless personal area networks; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2011 IEEE 16th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toulouse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0017-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1946-0740
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2011.6059150
