MAConf: Passive layer-2 detection mechanism for mobile wireless sensor networks

Author

Hamady, Faisal ; Bisher, Nadia ; Kayssi, Ayman ; Ghali, Cesar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., American Univ. of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

fYear

2011

fDate

27-29 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are being widely used in sensing, collecting, and disseminating data for various applications in environmental, industrial, and military applications. In this paper we present MAConf, a layer-2 detection mechanism for mobile WSNs. We propose the use of radio channel analysis to predict the underlying MAC protocol and addressing scheme, facilitating interconnections among WSN while ensuring an energy-efficient detection strategy. By implementing the intelligence using a neural network, we show that a 99% hit rate can be achieved in a variety of scenarios.

Keywords

access protocols; neural nets; telecommunication computing; wireless channels; wireless sensor networks; MAC protocol; MAConf; collecting data; disseminating data; energy-efficient detection strategy; hit rate; interconnections; mobile WSN; mobile wireless sensor networks; neural network; passive layer-2 detection mechanism; radio channel analysis; sensing data; Artificial neural networks; Media Access Protocol; Synchronization; Telecommunication traffic; Training; Wireless sensor networks; Auto-Configuration; Energy Efficiency; MAConf; Neural Networks; Radio Analysis; Wireless Sensor Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems and Workshops (DCOSS), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0512-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0511-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DCOSS.2011.5982216

Filename

5982216