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QoS Aware Cross-layer MAC Protocol in wireless Sensor Networks

무선 센서 네트워크에서 QoS를 인지하는 Cross-layer MAC 프로토콜

  • Received : 2010.10.01
  • Accepted : 2010.11.03
  • Published : 2010.12.31
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Abstract

In this paper we propose the QAC-MAC that supports Quality of Service(QoS) and saves energy resources of the sensor node, and hence prolonging the lifetime of the sensor network with multiple sink nodes. Generally, the nodes nearest to the sink node often experience heavy congestion since all data is forwarded toward the sink through those nodes. So this critically effects on the delay-constraint data traffics. QAC-MAC uses a hybrid mechanism that adapts scheduled scheme for medium access and scheduling and unscheduled scheme based on TDMA for no data collision transmission. Generally speaking, characteristics of the real-time traffic with higher priority tends to be bursty and has same destination. QAC-MAC adapts cross-layer concept to rearrange the data transmission order in each sensor node's queue, saves energy consumption by allowing few nodes in data transmission, and prolongs the network lifetime.

논문에서는 다중의 sink 노드를 가지는 무선 센서 네트워크에서 서비스의 질(Quality of Service: QoS)을 지원하면서 에너지 소모를 줄이는 MAC 프로토콜(QAC-MAC)을 제안한다. 일반적으로 데이터 수집 네트워크에서 sink 노드근처의 노드들은 많은 양의 데이터를 처리해야 하므로 sink 노드 부근에서 혼잡이 발생하게 되어 지연에 민감한 데이터에 치명적일 수가 있다. QAC-MAC은 센서 노드들의 에너지 자원을 절약하면서 전체 네트워크 수명을 높이기 위하여 매체 접근 및 스케줄링을 위하여 경쟁기반 프로토콜과 충돌없이 데이터를 전송하기 위한 TDMA 기반의 데이터 전송 구조를 가지는 하이브리드 메커니즘을 사용한다. 일반적으로 우선순위가 높은 실시간 트래픽은 버스티하고 동일한 목적지를 가지는 특성을 가진다. QAC-MAC은 cross-layer 개념을 도입하여 각 센서 노드에서 동일한 목적지로 향하는 데이터를 재정돈하여 가능한 적은 노드들만이 데이터 전송에 참여함으로 에너지를 절약함으로 전체 네트워크 수명을 연장한다.

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