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Multichannel cross-layer routing for sensor networks

Nordin, N; Clegg, RG; Rio, M; (2016) Multichannel cross-layer routing for sensor networks. In: 2016 23rd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT) [Proceedings]. (pp. pp. 396-401). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Green open access

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new decentralised multi-channel tree building protocol with a centralised controller for the Internet of Things. The protocol alleviates the effect of interference which results in improved network efficiency and stability, and link reliability. The proposal takes into account all available channels to utilise the spectrum and aims to use the spectrum efficiently by transmitting on several channels. The protocol detects which channels suffer interference and changes away from those channels. The algorithm for channel selection is a two-hop colouring protocol that reduces the chances of nearby nodes to transmit on the same channel. All nodes are battery operated except for the low power border router (LPBR). This enables a centralised channel switching process at the LPBR. The protocol is built based on the routing protocol for low power and lossy networks (RPL). In its initial phase, the protocol uses RPL's standard topology formation to create an initial working topology and then seeks to improve this topology by switching channels. The implementation and evaluation of the protocol is performed using the Contiki framework. The experimental results demonstrate an increased resilience to interference and significantly higher throughput making better use of the total available spectrum and link stability.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Multichannel cross-layer routing for sensor networks
Event: 2016 23rd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), 16-18 May 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece
ISBN-13: 9781509019908
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/ICT.2016.7500417
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICT.2016.7500417
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
Keywords: Interference, Switches, Network topology, Topology, Routing protocols, Wireless sensor networks
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1518555
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