Low Power Trickle (LP-Trickle) Timer Algorithm: an Improved Solution for Low Power and Lossy Network in Media Technology Context

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) has become a part of everyday life. It connects the items used on a daily basis, in order to render them more efficient and beneficial. Media technology items, which are fundamental components of the connected network in IoT, can be linked through a variety of IoT procedures. Among the ones that consider power consumption, there is the routing protocol for low power and lossy network (RPL), whose latest version is the IPv6 protocol for low power and lossy networks (LLNs) mechanisms. RPL is composed of control messages, objective functions, and the trickle timer algorithm. The emphasis of this investigation is on the trickle timer algorithm, which is engaged by the RPL, in order to organize the frequency of control messages. However, this algorithm comes with issues related to power consumption, overhead, and convergence time. With this undertaking, an enhanced current trickle timer algorithm is recommended to bring down the power consumption level of the network. This undertaking involves an alteration to the redundancy constant, in order to render it randomly selected at every juncture. This straightforward alteration will effectively lower the network’s power consumption level.