Paper Info
Title
Topology formation in mesh networks considering role suitability
Abstract
The paper studies various mesh topology formation techniques that can be used to aid the development of large-scale capillary networks. The work focuses on how mesh networks can be established using Bluetooth Low Energy exploiting the heterogeneous characteristics of the devices in the network. A novel algorithm called Topology Formation considering Role Suitability (TFRS) is proposed aiming to maximize the network lifetime. The algorithm employs a newly introduced metric called role suitability metric (RSM) to assign the best role among master, relay and slave to a participating device. The RSM metric is computed from device characteristics including, but not limited to, energy, mobility and computational capability. We use system-level simulation to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm against a reference under a homogeneous deployment scenario consisting of heterogeneous devices. Results show that the network lifetime can be improved significantly when the topology is formed considering the device characteristics for both master role selection and relay selection. TFRS can achieve 20% to 40% higher network lifetime depending on the deployment characteristics over the reference algorithm.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/WCNC.2016.7564707
2016 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
relay selection,master role selection,heterogeneous devices,homogeneous deployment scenario,system level simulation,role suitability metric,network lifetime,heterogeneous characteristics,Bluetooth low energy,large-scale capillary networks,mesh topology formation,mesh networks
Conference
1525-3511
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-9815-2
2
0.42
References 
Authors
10
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mohit Agnihotri120.76
Roman Chirikov231.45
Francesco Militano320.76
Cicek Cavdar416327.77