Transport layer approaches for improving idle energy in challenged sensor networks

Yong Wang, Chieh Yih Want, Margaret Rose Martonosi, Li Shiuan Peh

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Abstract

Today, the study of energy efficient networking solutions in sensor networks has been focusing on networks with always-on connectivity between communication end-points and short link delays. However, these assumptions are not true for networks with very long propagation delays such as Underwater Sensor Networks (UWSNs) or networks with intermittent connectivity. In such networks, idle energy expenditure, which includes energy spent on node rendezvous and idle waiting, becomes significant, and renders conventional data transport inefficient. In this work, we leverage characteristics that are unique to such networks, i.e., long-delay tolerability and low duty-cycles, to improve idle energy efficiency. To this end, we propose a staged transport protocol, aDapTN, that adopts a store-and-forward transport paradigm with an asynchronous wakeup scheme. We evaluate the idle energy efficiency of our approach through both analysis and simulation. Our results show that aDapTN achieves much better idle energy efficiency than conventional approaches. The increased latency is a function of parameters for node rendezvous, which can be adjusted depending on the application.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of ACM SIGCOMM 2006 - Conference on Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication
Pages253-260
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventACM SIGCOMM 2006 - Conference on Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication - Pisa, Italy
Duration: Sep 11 2006Sep 15 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of ACM SIGCOMM 2006 - Conference on Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication
Volume2006

Other

OtherACM SIGCOMM 2006 - Conference on Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPisa
Period9/11/069/15/06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture

Keywords

  • Asynchronous wakeup
  • Challenged sensor networks
  • DTN
  • Idle energy
  • Transport protocol

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