Evaluation of the XMesh Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Teo, Amos ; Singh, Gurminder ; McEachen, John C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Naval Postgrad. Sch., Monterey, CA

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

6-9 Aug. 2006

Firstpage

113

Lastpage

117

Abstract

The evaluation of a routing protocol developed by Crossbow Technologies called XMesh is presented. The main components of the routing protocol are described and the routing algorithm explained. Experiments were conducted to determine the connectivity ranges of motes in different transmission power settings. The relationship of mote transmission power and network connectivity is presented. An energy efficiency study looked at the means of extending the lifespan of the network. Although, packet losses during the period of a node failure were significant, the routing protocol showed that it was able to adapt and reorganize to provide reliable and stable routing in a network.

Keywords

routing protocols; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; wireless sensor networks; Crossbow Technologies; XMesh routing protocol; energy efficiency; network connectivity; network reliability; network routing; node failure; packet losses; routing algorithm; transmission power settings; wireless sensor networks; Base stations; Costs; Energy efficiency; Infrared sensors; Magnetic sensors; Power engineering and energy; Routing protocols; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks; energy efficiency; link connectivity; wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006. MWSCAS '06. 49th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Juan

ISSN

1548-3746

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0172-0

Electronic_ISBN

1548-3746

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2006.382221

Filename

4267299