BOP (Beacon-Only Period) and Beacon Scheduling for MEU (Mesh-Enabled USN) Devices

Author

Jeon, Ho-In ; Kim, Yeonsoo

Author_Institution

Dept. Electron. Eng., Kyung-Won Univ.

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

12-14 Feb. 2007

Firstpage

1139

Lastpage

1142

Abstract

In this paper, we proposed a new concept of BOP (beacon-only period) and relevant beacon scheduling mechanism that will avoid beacon conflicts between MEU (mesh-enabled USN) devices all of whom are transmitting their beacons. The beacon scheduling for the MEU devices makes all the devices of the overall network completely synchronized and operate in a stable manner. Moreover, the synchronization of the MEU devices of the network based on the beacon scheduling allows the network to save power consumptions drastically.

Keywords

personal area networks; scheduling; synchronisation; telecommunication network management; wireless sensor networks; BOP; MEU; WPAN; beacon scheduling; beacon-only period; mesh-enabled USN devices; synchronization; ubiquitous sensor networks; Access protocols; Bismuth; Energy consumption; Media Access Protocol; Personal area networks; Physical layer; Processor scheduling; Routing protocols; Spread spectrum communication; ZigBee; BOP (Beacon-Only Period; IEEE 802.15.4; MEU (Mesh-Enabled USN) Protocol; MEU Beacon Scheduling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, The 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gangwon-Do

ISSN

1738-9445

Print_ISBN

978-89-5519-131-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2007.358559

Filename

4195360