An experiment on performance study of IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networks

Author

Lee, Jin-Shyan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Internet Embedded Syst., Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., Hsinchu

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

19-22 Sept. 2005

Lastpage

458

Abstract

IEEE 802.15.4 is an emerging standard specifically designed for low-rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPAN) with a focus on enabling the wireless sensor networks. It attempts to provide a low data rate, low power, and low cost wireless networking on the device-level communication. In this paper, we have established a realistic environment for the preliminary performance evaluation of the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networks. Several sets of practical experiments are conducted to study its various features, including the effects of I) the direct and indirect data transmissions, 2) CSMA-CA mechanism, 3) data payload size, and 4) beacon-enabled mode. The data throughput, delivery ratio, and received signal strength indication (RSSI) are investigated as the performance metrics

Keywords

IEEE standards; carrier sense multiple access; personal area networks; telecommunication congestion control; wireless sensor networks; CSMA-CA mechanism; IEEE 802.15.4 wireless network; LR-WPAN; RSSI; beacon-enabled mode; carrier sense multiple access; collision avoidance; data payload; data transmission; low-rate wireless personal area network; received signal strength indication; wireless sensor network; Communication cables; Costs; Data communication; IP networks; Medical simulation; Payloads; Throughput; Wireless networks; Wireless personal area networks; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4; ZigBee; low-rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPAN); wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2005. ETFA 2005. 10th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Catania

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9401-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.2005.1612712

Filename

1612712