Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages 1056-1065Publisher
IEEE COMPUTER SOC
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2002.1041881
Keywords
sensor networks; dynamic address assignment; distributed algorithm
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Sensor networks consist of autonomous wireless sensor nodes that are networked together in an ad hoc fashion. The tiny nodes are equipped with substantial processing capabilities, enabling them to combine and compress their sensor data. The aim is to limit the amount of network traffic, and as such conserve the nodes' limited battery energy. However, due to the small packet payload, the MAC header is a significant, and energy-costly, overhead. To remedy this, we propose a novel scheme for a MAC address assignment. The two key features which make our approach unique are the exploitation of spatial address reuse and an encoded representation of the addresses in data packets. To assign the addresses, we develop a purely distributed algorithm that relies solely on local messsage exchanges. Other salient features of our approach are the ability to handle unidirectional links and the excellent scalability of both the assignment algorithm and address representation. In typical scenarios, the MAC overhead is reduced by a factor of three compared to existing approaches.
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