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Distributed on-Demand Address Assignment in Wireless Sensor Networks (2002)
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Schurgers, Curt Kulkarni, Gautam Srivastava, Mani B. |
| Abstract | Sensor networks consist of autonomous wireless sensor nodes that are networked together in an ad-hoc fashion. The tiny nodes are equipped with substantial processing capabilities, enabling them to combine and compress their sensor data. The aim is to limit the amount of network traffic, and as such conserve the nodes' limited battery energy. However, due to the small packet payload, the MAC header is a significant, and energy-costly, overhead. To remedy this, we propose a novel scheme for MAC address assignment. The two key features which make our approach unique are the exploitation of spatial address reuse and an encoded representation of the addresses in data packets. To assign the addresses, we develop a purely distributed algorithm that relies solely on local messsage exchanges. Other salient features of our approach are the ability to handle unidirectional links and the excellent scalability of both the assignment algorithm and address representation. In typical scenarios, the MAC overhead is reduced by a factor of three compared to existing approaches. |
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| Volume Number | 19 |
| Journal | IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | On-demand Address Assignment Wireless Sensor Network Sensor Data Network Traffic Tiny Node Key Feature Unidirectional Link Mac Overhead Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node Sensor Network Consist Assignment Algorithm Mac Header Substantial Processing Capability Excellent Scalability Novel Scheme Salient Feature Data Packet Address Representation Small Packet Payload Mac Address Assignment Approach Unique Encoded Representation Limited Battery Energy Ad-hoc Fashion Spatial Address Reuse Typical Scenario Local Messsage Exchange |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
