A connectivity improving mechanism for ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks

Tian Wen Song, Chu Sing Yang

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Abstract

ZigBee is an IEEE 802.15.4-based standard for wireless sensor network. The operations of ZigBee rely on the deployment of wireless sensor devices and their self-organized network connections. In some of applications, sensor devices are randomly deployed and some of these devices may become isolated from the network due to the constraints of ZigBee network configuration parameters. The isolated devices will cause the expected network operations unreached and waste the corresponding deployment costs. This paper proposes a connectivity improving mechanism which utilizes a connection shifting scheme to increase the join ratio of deployed devices for achieving the expected ZigBee network operations and consequently reduce the waste of deployment. The result of network simulation shows the connectivity was improved in ZigBee networks by using the proposed mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of The 5th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2008
Pages495-500
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event5th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2008 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 2008 Dec 172008 Dec 20

Publication series

NameProceedings of The 5th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2008
Volume2

Other

Other5th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period08-12-1708-12-20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software
  • Communication

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