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Energy-Aware Decentralised Medium Access Control for Wireless Sensor Networks

Smart, GC; (2017) Energy-Aware Decentralised Medium Access Control for Wireless Sensor Networks. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London). Green open access

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Abstract

The success of future Internet-of-Things (IoT) based application deployments depends on the ability of wireless sensor platforms to sustain uninterrupted operation based on: (i) environmental energy harvesting and optimised coupling with the platform’s energy consumption when processing and transmitting/receiving data; (ii) spontaneous adaptation to changes in the local network topology without requiring central coordination. To address the first aspect, starting from practical deployments of a multi-transducer platform for photovoltaic and piezoelectric energy harvesting and the associated modelling and analysis, data-driven probability models are derived to facilitate the optimal coupling of energy production and consumption when processing and transmitting data. To address the second aspect (adaptability), the new concept of decentralised time-synchronised channel swapping (DT-SCS) is proposed – a novel protocol for the medium access control (MAC) layer of IEEE 802.15.4-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Simulation results reveal that DT-SCS comprises an excellent candidate for completely decentralised MAC layer coordination in WSNs by providing quick convergence to steady state, high bandwidth utilisation, high connectivity, robustness to interference and low energy consumption. Moreover, performance results via a Contiki-OS based deployment on TelosB motes reveal that DT-SCS comprises an excellent candidate for a decentralised multichannel MAC layer.

Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Title: Energy-Aware Decentralised Medium Access Control for Wireless Sensor Networks
Event: University College London
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Language: English
Keywords: IoT, WSN, wireless sensor network, internet of things, energy harvesting, energy scavenging, medium access control, decentralisation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1540232
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