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An Architecture for Wireless Sensor Actor Networks for Industry Control

Authors:
Yoshihiro Nozaki
Nirmala Shenoy
Qian Li

Keywords: Sensor Actor Networks; Industry Control; Robust and Reliable Architectures; Cross Layering; Medium Access Control

Abstract:
A robust and reliable architecture for wireless sensor actor networks for industry control (WASANIC) is discussed and described in this paper. The stringent physical constraints in an industry environment are taken into consideration. We proposed an architecture that allows efficient cross-layering between a semi-scheduled medium access control (MAC) protocol called the Neighbor Turn Taking MAC (NTT-MAC) and a routing protocol based on the Multi-Meshed Tree (MMT) routing algorithm that is suited to the WSANIC topology encountered in an industry. The proposed architecture also addresses survivability and security. The cross-layered approach, named NTT-MMT, supports reliable and robust transportation of data. Through simulations, the performance of NTT-MMT was compared with carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) MAC and dynamic source routing (DSR) protocol.

Pages: 220 to 230

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2013. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2013

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2644