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Monitoring a Grid of Sensors by Performance Metrics for Internet of Things Applications

Authors:
Carolina Del-Valle-Soto
Carlos Mex-Perera
Jafet Rodriguez

Keywords: Wireless Sensor Networks; Energy Consumption; Performance Metrics; Routing Protocol; Internet of Things.

Abstract:
A sensor network is composed of nodes which collaborate in a common task. These nodes have certain sensory capabilities and wireless communication that allow forming ad-hoc networks, i.e., no pre-established physical structure or central administration is necessary. Therefore, one of the main problems with ad-hoc systems is that there is no existing infrastructure, so the routes change dynamically. This is due to fading, interference, disconnection of nodes, obstacles, node movements, and so on. We expose an analysis of the Multi-Parent Hierarchical (MPH) routing protocol for wireless sensor networks, which has low overhead, reduced latency and low energy consumption. Network performance simulations of the MPH routing protocol are carried out and compared with two popular protocols, Ad-hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV), Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) and the well-known algorithm Zigbee Tree Routing (ZTR). The combination of a hierarchical topology with self-configuration and maintenance mechanisms of the MPH protocol makes nodes optimize network processes, reduce delays, take short routes to the destination and decrease network overhead. All this is reflected in the successful delivery of information.

Pages: 72 to 77

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: March 25, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8378

ISBN: 978-1-61208-622-4

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from March 25, 2018 to March 29, 2018