Title
Mitigating Radio Interference in Large IoT Networks through Dynamic CCA Adjustment.
Abstract
The performance of low-power wireless sensor networks used to build Internet of Things applications often suffers from radio interference generated by co-located wireless devices or from jammers maliciously placed in their proximity. As IoT devices typically operate in unsupervised large-scale installations, and as radio interference is typically localized and hence affects only a portion of the nodes in the network, it is important to give low-power wireless sensors and actuators the ability to autonomously mitigate the impact of surrounding interference. In this paper we present our approach DynCCA, which dynamically adapts the clear channel assessment threshold of IoT devices to minimize the impact of malicious or unintentional interference on both network reliability and energy efficiency. First, we describe how varying the clear channel assessment threshold at run-time using only information computed locally can help to minimize the impact of unintentional interference from surrounding devices and to escape jamming attacks. We then present the design and implementation of DynCCA on top of ContikiMAC and evaluate its performance on wireless sensor nodes equipped with IEEE 802.15.4 radios. Our experimental investigation shows that the use of DynCCA in dense IoT networks can increase the packet reception rate by up to 50% and reduce the energy consumption by a factor of 4.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
OJIOT
Radio resource management,Wireless,Computer science,Computer security,Efficient energy use,Electromagnetic interference,Computer network,Interference (wave propagation),Energy consumption,Wireless sensor network,Jamming
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
3
1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
12
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tommy Sparber100.34
Carlo Alberto Boano254442.61
Salil S. Kanhere32405173.60
Kay Römer41270137.16