Infuse: A TDMA Based Data Dissemination Protocol for Sensor Networks

Abstract

Reliable dissemination of bulk data is one of the important problems in sensor networks. For example, programming or upgrading the software in sensors at run-time requires reliable dissemination of a new program across the network. In this paper, we present Infuse, a reliable data dissemination protocol based on time division multiple access (TDMA) based medium access layer. Although TDMA guarantees collision-freedom, unexpected channel errors (e.g., message corruption, varying signal strengths, etc) can cause random message losses. To deal with this problem, we consider two recovery schemes that use implicit acknowledgments. We also present a scheme to reduce the number of message receptions further. With this approach, sensors typically do not receive a given message multiple times. We also demonstrate that our algorithms can handle failure of sensors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA460202

Entities

People

  • Mahesh Arumugam
  • Sandeep S. Kulkarni

Organizations

  • Michigan State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Algorithms
  • Code Division Multiple Access
  • Collisions
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Multiple Access
  • Networks
  • Recovery
  • Sensor Networks
  • Simulations
  • Time Division Multiple Access
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Radio communications and signal processing.