Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24138/jcomss.v10i2.129
No Communication Nodes Synchronization for a Low Power Consumption MAC Protocol in WSN based on IR-UWB
Anouar Darif
; Federal LRIT-GSCM Associated Unit to CNRST (URAC 29), FSR Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Rachid Saadane
; Federal LRIT-GSCM Associated Unit to CNRST (URAC 29), FSR Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Driss Aboutajdine
; SIR2C2S/LASI-EHTP, Hassania School of Public Labors, Casablanca, Morocco
Abstract
Synchronization is an important issue in multi hops Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Such networks are known by their limited resources of energy, storage, computation, and bandwidth. In addition if the networks entities are deployed with high density, it makes the synchronization mandatory for these networks. Impulse Radio Ultra Wide Band (IR-UWB) technology is a promising solution for this kind of networks due to its various advantages such as its robustness to severe multipath fading even in indoor environments, its low cost, low complexity, and low power consumption. To exploit the specific features of this technology, we need a convenient MAC protocol. WideMac was presented as a new low power consumption MAC protocol designed for WSN using IR-UWB transceivers. Because of the luck of synchronization in this protocol, this paper presents a solution for the synchronization problem especially in the case of no communication between the Network’s nodes. To implement and evaluate the proposed synchronization mechanism, we used MiXiM platform under OMNet++ Simulator.
Keywords
WSN; IR-UWB; WideMac; Synchronization; Packets delivery Ratio; Power Consumption; MiXiM
Hrčak ID:
180033
URI
Publication date:
22.6.2014.
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