Group Centric Networking: A new Approach for Wireless Multi-Hop Networking to Enable the Internet of Things

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a new networking architecture called Group Centric Networking (GCN) that is designed to support the large number of devices expected with the emergence of the Internet of Things. GCN is designed to enable these devices to operate collaboratively in a highly efficient and resilient fashion, while not sacrificing the users? ability to communicate with one another. We do a full protocol implementation of GCN in NS3, and verify GCN in emulation and on real hardware communicating over an RF channel. We show that GCN utilizes up to an order of magnitude fewer network resources than traditional wireless routing schemes, while providing superior connectivity and reliability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 11, 2015
Accession Number
AD1034483

Entities

People

  • Aradhana Narula-tam
  • Bow-nan Cheng
  • Gregory Kuperman
  • Jun Sun
  • Patricia Deutsch

Organizations

  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Bandwidth
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Environment
  • Internet
  • Internet Of Things
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Packet Loss
  • Reliability
  • Routing Protocols
  • Sensor Networks
  • Signal Processing
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transmitters
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Gender and Food Studies

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - Internet of Things