Performance evaluation of IEEE 802.15.4 ad hoc wireless sensor networks: Simulation approach

Wilson T.H. Woon*, T. C. Wan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents a preliminary performance investigation of the recently released IEEE 802.15.4 standard focusing on multiple sources and multi-hop peer-to-peer wireless sensor networks. This standard was developed to work in all-wireless environment supporting either peer-to-peer or star network topology. Since the release of IEEE 802.15.4, several efforts were made to study its performance where simple star network topology was the main focus. This literature attempts to extend existing efforts but focuses on evaluating the performance of peer-to-peer networks on a small scale basis using ns2 simulator. We analyze the performance based on commonly known metrics such as throughput, packet delivery ratio, and average delay. In addition, we propose ad hoc wireless sensor networks (AD-WSNs) paradigm as part of the extension to the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. From the experiments conducted we identified 'hidden node' problem in high-rate traffic as a soruce for performance degradation and proposed slot-based channel access as the potential solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1443-1448
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)1424401003, 9781424401000
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 8 Oct 200611 Oct 2006

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Volume2
ISSN (Print)1062-922X

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaipei
Period8/10/0611/10/06

Keywords

  • Ad hoc networks
  • IEEE 802.15.4
  • Wireless personal area networks
  • Wireless sensor networks

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