Impact of data collecting techniques on the performance of a wireless sensor network

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Abdellatif, MM (Author) Other; Oliveira, JM (Author) FEP; Ricardo, M (Author) FEUP; Steenkiste, P (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems

Pages: 111-115

2012 9th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, ISWCS 2012

Paris, 28 August 2012 through 31 August 2012

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Scopus - 2 Citations

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Communication engineering > Telecommunications engineering

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Authenticus ID: P-008-83E

DOI: 10.1109/iswcs.2012.6328340

Abstract (EN): Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of small devices with processing, communication and sensing capabilities. These devices interact together to carryout monitoring tasks. An example of such network is a photo-voltaic (PV) power plant where each solar panel has a sensor. The number of interconnected solar panels can become very large, and spread over a large area. Each sensor will sense the output of the panel and send this value to a central node for processing. In this paper we evaluate the performance of a wireless sensor network employing three different data collecting techniques. The study considers different networks, each with a different number of nodes and with different values for the offered load, estimating for each network size and offered load, network throughput, packet loss and end-to-end packet delay. Results show that as the size of the network grows and for higher values of the offered load, the best performance is achieved by using a polling based data collecting technique. © 2012 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific