Title :
Resilient and Scalable Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Chia, Kim Boon ; Su, Weilian ; Ha, Tri T.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943. Tel: (831)656-3217; Fax: (831)656-2760, Email: kchia@nps.edu
Abstract :
Since wireless sensor networks contain large number of nodes, it is conceivable that nodes group together to perform tasks and form scale-free networks. The scale-free principles are evaluated with IEEE 802.15.4 MAC and ZigBee protocols. Two topologies, star and tree, are studied. Insights gained from the simulations show that orphaning affects the performance of the network, thus, compromising its resilience.
Keywords :
Communication networks; Energy efficiency; Energy management; Fault tolerance; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Resilience; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee; Resilient; Scalable; Scale Free; Wireless Sensor Networks;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0617-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0618-8
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302228
