A performance enhancement of IEEE 802.15.4 standard to overcome hidden nodes effect on low data rate ad hoc WSNs

Author

Iqbal, M. Safdar ; Masrub, Abdullah ; Panneer Selvan, Vaina M. ; Al-Raweshidy, H.S.

Author_Institution

Wireless Networks & Commun. Centre (WNCC) chool of Eng. & Design, Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

29-31 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

360

Lastpage

364

Abstract

The low data rate ad hoc wireless sensor network over IEEE 802.15.4 protocol has been implemented as an alternative to overcome network bottleneck problem. Unlike IEEE 802.11 protocol that allows RTS/CTS method, the former protocol does not include mechanism to avoid hidden nodes problem. This paper elaborates an evaluation study of hidden nodes effect on the proposed network. Comparison study is also performed to investigate network overhead on ad hoc networks over IEEE 802.11. The performance evaluation by simulation approach is based on 4-key performance indicators such as throughput, packet delivery fraction, delay, and overhead ratio. Simulation results indicate that preventing hidden nodes effect by implementing RTS/CTS mechanism is not suitable for IEEE 802.15.4 which is dedicated to low data rate wireless sensor networks.

Keywords

Zigbee; access protocols; ad hoc networks; wireless LAN; wireless sensor networks; 4-key performance indicators; IEEE 802.11 protocol; IEEE 802.15.4 protocol; IEEE 802.15.4 standard; RTS-CTS method; ad hoc WSN; delay ratio; hidden nodes effect; hidden nodes problem; low data rate; overhead ratio; packet delivery fraction; wireless sensor network; Ad hoc networks; IEEE 802.11 Standards; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Peer-to-peer computing; Performance evaluation; Protocols; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.15.4; RTS/CTS mechanism; ad hoc network; hidden nodes problem; low data rate WSN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH), 2013 Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0047-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTECH.2013.6653642

Filename

6653642