Title :
A testbed for the evaluation of low power protocols in wireless sensor networks
Author :
Dawei, Pan ; Yu, Peng ; Xiyuan, Peng
Author_Institution :
Autom. Test & Control Inst., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
Abstract :
Idle listening is one of the most main sources of energy waste in WSN and many low power protocols(LPPs) have been proposed based on duty cycling to reduce this cost. The research of LPPs can effectively save energy and prolong network lifetime. Therefore, a thorough experimental evaluation system of LPPs is mandatory. This motivated us to build a testbed - TELPP that automates LPPs evaluation by analyzing schedule of node´s power and state transition. Our testbed includes (i.) wireless nodes, (ii.) framework for IEEE1588 synchronization clock unit and data acquisition unit and (iii.) software system for experimental control, data storage and analysis. To demonstrate the efficiency of TELPP, we carried out the study of testbed itself and a set of well-known LPPs.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; clocks; data acquisition; data analysis; energy conservation; life cycle costing; protocols; synchronisation; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 1588 synchronization clock unit; TELPP testbed; WSN; data acquisition unit; data analysis; data storage; duty cycling; energy saving; energy waste; experimental control software system; low power protocol evaluation; network lifetime; state transition; wireless sensor networks; Delay; Field programmable gate arrays; Protocols; Schedules; Synchronization; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE1588; duty cycling; low power protocols; wireless sensor networks testbed;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Binjiang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7933-7
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944246
