A control channel based MAC protocol for time critical and emergency communications in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

Mohsin Raza, Hoa Le-Minh, Nauman Aslam, Sajjad Hussain, Waqas Ellahi

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Abstract

For time critical applications in industrial environments, failure in communication or unwanted delay can have devastating effects. It is therefore, important that Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSNs) offer reliable communication platform for time critical applications without violating the hard deadlines. In this paper, a MAC protocol for time critical and emergency communications is proposed. The proposed protocol, EE-MAC incorporates emergency communication and allows immediate channel access for such data. The paper presents mathematical model of the proposed protocol. For evaluation purposes, the performance of EE-MAC is compared to IEEE 802.15.4e LLDN. The results show that the proposed protocol offers up to 92% reduction in channel access delay of emergency communication at the cost of 5% to 15% increase in delay of non-critical and less time-sensitive data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2017 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital Systems, C-CODE 2017
PublisherThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages122-126
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509044481
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 May 2017
Event2017 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital Systems, C-CODE 2017 - Islamabad, Pakistan
Duration: 8 Mar 20179 Mar 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2017 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital Systems, C-CODE 2017

Conference

Conference2017 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital Systems, C-CODE 2017
Country/TerritoryPakistan
CityIslamabad
Period8/03/179/03/17

Keywords

  • Hybrid
  • Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
  • IWSNs
  • MAC
  • Reliability
  • TDMA
  • Time-critical
  • WPAN
  • WSN

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