Abstract
A large number of wireless sensor nodes in a certain area results in high contention. Inevitably, the transmissions of any possible critical data packets may fail due to collisions. In this letter, we introduce an aspect of human intelligence in wireless sensor networks, influenced by cooperative networking, which enhances the timely delivery of critical data. Mutual aid among sensors is an emergency out-of-the-box medium access control function for IEEE 802.15.4-2020. Specifically, the network coordinator detects critical data packets and sets an emergency flag to its next beacon to inform the nodes that they may overhear data packets. When a node overhears a critical data packet from a neighboring node, it switches to sleep mode and stays idle until the end of the superframe. Thus, interference is mitigated locally and temporarily. Simulation results, using the CC2650 radio parameters in OMNeT++, show that interference is reduced significantly, in favor of the timely delivery of critical data packets.
Highlights
Amy transmits critical data and Jon stays silent instead of interrupting her
We revisit interference mitigation in sensor networks with a new perspective: we argue that mutual aid deserves to be a built-in capability of sensors
We evaluate the baseline IEEE 802.15.4-2020 implementation and mutual aid among sensors (MAAS), using a variable number of nodes that have critical data and a variable number of total nodes
Summary
Amy transmits critical data and Jon stays silent instead of interrupting her. The devastating fires in Australia and the COVID-19 outbreak have shifted our focus towards sensing [1] On this occasion, we revisit interference mitigation in sensor networks with a new perspective: we argue that mutual aid deserves to be a built-in capability of sensors. A node may overhear a critical data packet and switch into sleep mode to lower the level of interference. This moderate use of overhearing is feasible thanks to ultra-low power consumption transceivers, such as CC2650 [4]
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