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Implementation of the Wireless Autonomous Spanning Tree Protocol on Mote-Class Devices

Authors:
Kamini Garg
Daniele Puccinelli
Silvia Giordano

Keywords: Wireless Body Area Networks; Wireless Autonomous Spanning Tree Protocol; Low Power Listening, Medium Access; Routing

Abstract:
The Wireless Autonomous Spanning Tree Protocol combines medium access control and routing to streamline energy-efficient communication in Wireless Body Area Networks. As these networks generally contain low-end resource-constrained devices, a thorough evaluation on real hardware is essential to the validation of any protocol. We present our implementation of the Wireless Autonomous Spanning Tree Protocol on mote-class devices, and highlight the challenges of taming the vagaries of low-power wireless that do not arise in simulation-based evaluations. We study the performance of the protocol in several dimensions, with a special emphasis on energy-efficiency. Our comprehensive set of experimental results indicates that the protocol can achieve low duty cycles if used jointly with a low-power link layer.

Pages: 89 to 94

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2010

Publication date: October 25, 2010

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9383

ISBN: 978-1-61208-103-8

Location: Florence, Italy

Dates: from October 25, 2010 to October 30, 2010