VOA: Variable Offset Algorithm for the optimization of communication efficiency in wireless sensor networks

Author

Pinto, A.R. ; Ferreira, Bruno ; Montez, Carlos ; Vasques, Francisco ; Portugal, Paulo

Author_Institution

IDMEC, Univ. do Porto, Porto, Portugal

fYear

2010

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

82

Abstract

In this paper, we propose the VOA algorithm (Variable Offset Algorithm) to deal with the optimization of communication efficiency in dense WSNs with star topologies. The use of the VOA algorithm has been assessed by means of an experimental setup. The results highlight that the use of the VOA algorithm, implemented as a light middleware at the application layer, clearly enhances the communication efficiency in a WSN with star topology.

Keywords

middleware; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network topology; wireless sensor networks; application layer; communication efficiency optimization; middleware; star topology; variable offset algorithm; wireless sensor network; Base stations; Batteries; Master-slave; Middleware; Network topology; Proposals; Telecommunication network reliability; Time division multiple access; Time factors; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), 2010 8th IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Nancy

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5460-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5462-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WFCS.2010.5548618

Filename

5548618