DC-Gear: 延时约束型无线传感网占空比调控策略研究

Many Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) systems are deployed in unattended areas using non-rechargeable batteries. To enable sustainable operations, most WSN systems employ duty-cycling mechanisms, such as Low Power Listening (LPL). For reliable delivery of each packet with LPL, the sender has to transmit a preamble that is long enough to span over a complete sleep interval of the receiver. In this way, the sensor nodes avoid idle listening, however, at the cost of remarkably increased end-to-end delay of multi-hop packet transmissions. To address this issue, in this paper we propose a new duty-cycling mechanism called DC-Gear. DC-Gear exploits a“sleep less but save more” phenomenon, which means increasing the duty cycle in a timely and appropriate manner while minimizing the overall energy cost and satisfying the end-to-end delay constraint. We have implemented DC-Gear with TelosB motes and demonstrated its performance advantages through extensive experiments.     

SAR~2:针对无线传感器网络丢包的自适应修复与调整策略

网络传输丢包是无线传感器网络中的一种常见现象,频繁非受控的丢包严重降低了网络性能。导致丢包的原因复杂多样,而已有的针对这一问题的解决方案通常趋于复杂和低效。本文通过对大规模无线传感器网络系统GreenOrbs的观察发现,RSSI(接收信号强度指数)是网络丢包的重要指标。当数据包在接收端的RSSI接近接收端的灵敏度下限(即灰度区域)时,丢包现象就会显著发生。基于这样的观察结论,本文提出了一个轻量级自适应修复与调整策略(SAR2):基于节点间的RSSI,把丢包原因进行对应分类,并相应地采取调节发包速度、调节发送能级和切换路由等策略以缓解网络丢包。基于TelosB节点实现了SAR2,实验结果表明,SAR2可以有效降低丢包率,提高网络性能。