A fuzzy system to reduce power consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks: A comparison between WirelessHART and IEEE 802.15.4

Author

Collotta, Mario ; Pau, Giovanni ; Scata, Gianfranco

Author_Institution

Kore Univ. of Enna, Cittadella, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 May 2014

Firstpage

766

Lastpage

771

Abstract

WirelessHART and IEEE 802.15.4 are the most suitable protocol for industrial applications. WirelessHART, in particular, overcomes some problems related to the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol such as the maximum number of Guaranteed Time Slots during which it is possible to transmit real-time information. However, the power consumption ofWirelessHART devices is still higher than IEEE 802.15.4. This article shows a fuzzy solution for power consumption management to be applied both in WirelessHART and IEE 802.15.4 networks, through the optimization of the sleep/wakeup mechanism of the protocols. Finally, the paper shows a performance evaluation of the proposed approach in terms of energy consumption of batteries.

Keywords

Zigbee; fuzzy systems; telecommunication power management; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 protocol; WirelessHART; batteries energy consumption; fuzzy system; guaranteed time slots; industrial applications; power consumption management; sleep mechanism; wakeup mechanism; wireless sensor networks; Energy consumption; Fuzzy logic; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Power demand; Protocols; Wireless sensor networks; Fuzzy Logic; IEEE 802.15.4; Power Consumption; WirelessHART;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conference (ENERGYCON), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Cavtat

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENERGYCON.2014.6850512

Filename

6850512