Title :
Providing energy efficient mobility in TDMA-controlled wireless sensor networks
Author :
Zachár, Gergely ; Simon, Gyula
Author_Institution :
Dept. Comput. Sci. & Syst. Technol., Univ. of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
Abstract :
TDMA-based medium access protocols provide energy efficient and real-time solutions for various sensor networking applications. In this paper an extension is suggested for static TDMA networks, providing connection of mobile nodes to the autonomous TDMA network, with very low overhead. The solution is suitable for applications where mobility is occasionally required for a low number of nodes, e.g. supervising nodes in a security system, or command interface in an autonomous data collecting system. The implementation issues of the suggested solution are discussed, along with the performance properties.
Keywords :
energy conservation; mobility management (mobile radio); time division multiple access; wireless sensor networks; TDMA-based medium access protocols; TDMA-controlled wireless sensor networks; autonomous data collecting system; energy efficient mobility; mobile nodes; Energy efficiency; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Protocols; Synchronization; Time division multiple access; Wireless sensor networks; energy-efficient; mobility; sensor networks; services;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Graz
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1773-4
DOI :
10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229239