Title :
Design of a Test Bed for Performance Evaluation in a Wireless Sensor Network
Author :
Gao, Robert X. ; Boscardin, Tristan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of a test bed consisting of multiple homogenous and adaptable wireless sensor nodes for performance evaluation of two commonly used medium access control (MAC) protocols. Integration of intelligence into each sensor node through embedded control algorithm residing in a microprocessor on each sensor node allowed for modularity and self-monitoring of the sensor nodes. It further enabled quantitative comparison of the two protocols in terms of energy consumption of the sensor nodes when operating within a wireless sensor network (WSN). Experiments have shown that the test bed provides an effective tool for quantitative evaluation of the performance of MAC protocols
Keywords :
access protocols; automatic test equipment; wireless sensor networks; MAC protocols; adaptable wireless sensor nodes; communication protocol; embedded control algorithm; energy consumption; energy efficiency; medium access control protocols; test bed; wireless sensor network; Access protocols; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Intelligent sensors; Media Access Protocol; Scalability; Testing; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Sensor network; communication protocol; energy efficiency; test bed design;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2006. IMTC 2006. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9359-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1091-5281
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2006.328468
