LOADng Routing Protocol Evaluation for Bidirectional Data flow in AMI Mesh Networks

This research work denotes a novel evaluation of LOADng the routing protocol for Wireless Sensor Network. The LOADng protocol implementation is a part of ITU-T G.9903 recommendation based on the framework of the LLN On-demand Ad hoc Distance-vector Routing Protocol Next Generation (LOADng) proposed by IETF specified by the IETF Internet-Draft draft-clausen-lln-loadng-11 and currently still in its design phase. LOADng is a reactive on demand distance vector routing protocol derived from AODV the Ad hoc On-demand distance vector protocol proposed by IETF. This work was motivated by the need for a novel protocol implementation for smart metering applications providing better performance and less complexity than RPL the Routing Protocol for Low power and lossy networks and adapted to (LLNs) requirements and constraints. Our implementation was successfully integrated into the communication layer of Contiki OS the Wireless Sensor Network operating system and evaluated through extensive simulations for AMI Mesh Networks. Keywords—Smart Metering; LOADng; AODV; RPL; Performance; Simulation; Contiki OS; Cooja.