NDLI: Enabling rapid prototyping of reconfigurable MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Xi Zhang Ansari, J. Martinez, L.M.A. Linio, N.A. Mahonen, P.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Inst. for Networked Syst., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany (Xi Zhang; Ansari, J.; Martinez, L.M.A.; Linio, N.A.; Mahonen, P.)
Abstract	Various emerging applications enabled by wireless sensor networks demand new and versatile MAC algorithms. These MAC protocols should be able to adapt to varying application requirements and deployment conditions. In this paper, we present a component based scheme for enabling fast prototyping of MAC protocols using a lightweight tool chain. Our tool chain allows run-time MAC protocol reconfiguration by controlling the data path and the execution flow of the constituent components. Our approach of composing protocols based on common MAC components aims at reducing the protocol prototyping efforts. Moreover, our toolchain implemented for various sensor nodes provides a platform independent MAC meta-language which simplifies the protocol designing, testing and debugging processes. Empirical tests conducted on commercially available sensor nodes show that our approach enables run-time reconfiguration for MAC protocols with affordable memory consumption and execution overhead.
Starting Page	47
Ending Page	52
File Size	346438
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467359382
ISSN	15253511
e-ISBN	9781467359399
e-ISBN	9781467359375
DOI	10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554537
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-04-07
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Media Access Protocol Random access memory Memory management Programming Reactive power Wireless sensor networks
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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