Title :
ToLHnet: A low-complexity protocol for mixed wired and wireless low-rate control networks
Author :
Biagetti, Giorgio ; Crippa, Paolo ; Curzi, Alessandro ; Orcioni, Simone ; Turchetti, Claudio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. Politec. delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Abstract :
ToLHnet (which stands for “tree or linear hopping network”) is a powerful yet simple networking protocol we developed in order to support the creation of mixed networks, employing wired and wireless connections over different media among thousands of nodes. It is based on tree routing, with special care to support the degenerate case of linear routing, to keep implementation on nodes simple and protocol overhead low. This paper describes the essentials of the protocol and presents a case study detailing its implementation and performance on a Texas Instruments TM4C123GH6PMI microcontroller, with the addition of a power-line-communication modem and a 433 MHz radio.
Keywords :
carrier transmission on power lines; microcontrollers; protocols; telecommunication network topology; TM4C123GH6PMI microcontroller; Texas Instruments; ToLHnet; frequency 433 MHz; linear routing; networking protocol; power-line-communication modem; protocol overhead; tree or linear hopping network; tree routing; wired connections; wireless connections; wireless low-rate control networks; Media; Payloads; Peer-to-peer computing; Protocols; Routing; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; internet of things; lighting system control; linear routing; low-rate control network; sensor network; tree routing;
Conference_Titel :
Education and Research Conference (EDERC), 2014 6th European Embedded Design in
Conference_Location :
Milano
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6841-1
DOI :
10.1109/EDERC.2014.6924383
