Self-organizing timing allocation mechanism in distributed wireless sensor networks

Self-organizing timing allocation mechanism in distributed wireless sensor networks

A novel, distributed timing allocation method [2, 3, 4, 5] has been proposed for packet collision avoidance in wireless sensor networks recently. In this paper, this proposed method is theoretically examined, and a hidden self-organization mechanism is unveiled. As the result, some important fundamental questions regarding this method are reasonably resolved. Namely, our present analysis provid...

Self-Organizing Distributed Sensor Networks

Advances in CMOS IC and micro electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology are enabling construction of low-cost building blocks each of which incorporates sensing, signal processing, and wireless communications. Collections of these integrated microsensor nodes may be formed into sensor networks in a wide variety of ways, with characteristics that depend on the specific application – the to...

A Distributed and Self-organizing Communication Mechanism based on Traveling Wave Phenomena for Wireless Sensor Networks

In this paper, we propose a distributed and self-organizing communication mechanism for a wireless sensor network where a large number of sensor nodes are deployed. To accomplish periodic communication without any centralized controls, we adopt traveling wave phenomena of a pulse-coupled oscillator model by regarding sensor nodes as oscillators and emission of radio signals as firing. We consid...

Algorithms for Self-Organizing Wireless Sensor Networks

Multihop Routing In Self-Organizing Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks have emerged in the past decade as a result of recent advances in microelectronic system fabrication, wireless communications, integrated circuit technologies, microprocessor hardware and nano-technology, progress in adhoc networking routing protocols, distributed signal processing, pervasive computing and embedded systems. As routing protocols are application specific,...