A Method for Self-Organizing Communication in WSN Based Localization Systems: HashSlot

Author

Baunach, Marcel ; Kolla, Reiner ; Mühlberger, Clemens

Author_Institution

Univ. of Wurzburg, Wurzburg

fYear

2007

fDate

15-18 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

825

Lastpage

832

Abstract

Localization of objects within space is a common problem in WSN research. Besides the location estimation itself, wireless communication is a central aspect within such systems. We present the novel HashSlot method for assured and collision-free transmission of radio packets from multiple sources to a common destination within a constant and predictable time. Due to self-organization, our approach needs no prior active coordination between sensor nodes and offers various techniques like selectable quality of service levels to dynamically limit the number of returned information during runtime. Thereby, precision and speed of the localization process can be adjusted, fault tolerance can be achieved and energy consumption will be reduced. This paper describes theory and application of the HashSlot method within a real WSN based localization system.

Keywords

quality of service; time division multiple access; wireless sensor networks; HashSlot TDMA method; WSN based localization systems; collision-free radio packet transmission; quality-of-service; selectable QoS levels; self-organizing communication method; Computer networks; Distance measurement; Energy consumption; Mobile communication; Runtime; Sensor systems; Tin; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; dynamic TDMA; localization; self organization; service deployment; wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 2007. LCN 2007. 32nd IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Dublin

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-7695-3000-1

Electronic_ISBN

0742-1303

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2007.67

Filename

4367922