A Measurement-Based Analysis of the Interaction Between Network Layers in TinyOS

Abstract

Abstract.There have been a number of recent proposals for link and network-layer protocols in the sensor networking literature, each of which claims to be superior to other approaches. However, a proposal for a networking protocol at a given layer in the stack is typically evaluated in the context of a single set of carefully selected protocols at other layers. Because of the limited data available about interactions between different protocols at various layers of the stack, it is difficult for developers of sensor network applications to select from amongst the range of alternative sensor networking protocols. This paper evaluates the interaction between several protocols at the MAC and network layers measuring their performance in terms of end-to-end throughput and loss on a large testbed. We identify some common sources of poor performance; based on this experience, we propose a set of design principles for the designers of future interfaces.

A comparative study of data transport protocols in wireless sensor networks

“…In this paper, we focus on CSMA-based implementations, because, although several TDMA protocols have been proposed [5,13], their implementation in TOSSIM is not available. Under CSMA-based implementations BMAC [11] and SMAC [22] are widely used MAC protocols [10] for TinyOS. Only BMAC implementation is available in TOSSIM for simulation.…”

Many-to-one communication protocol for wireless sensor networks

“…This is due to the contention among the senders at the time of the event. The low packet reception rate of B-MAC has consistently been observed in [Klues et al, 2007, Malesci andMadden, 2006]. More importantly, it is very sensitive to protocol parameters such as CCA check length.…”

“…A longer check length, a higher reception rate but a higher duty cycle. We believe this contributes to contradicting results presented in [Polastre et al, 2004, Klues et al, 2007, Malesci and Madden, 2006. We use 5ms as suggested in [Klues et al, 2007].…”

Apples, Oranges, and Testbeds

“…The work by Malesci et al is a fine example of the latter approach and closely resembles the setup in this paper (Surge + different protocol stacks), but limits itself to a single testbed [6].…”