A novel MAC proposal for critical and emergency communications in industrial wireless sensor networks

Raza, M., Le-minh, H., Aslam, N. and Hussain, S. (2018) A novel MAC proposal for critical and emergency communications in industrial wireless sensor networks. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 72, pp. 976-989. (doi: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2018.02.027)

Abstract

In this paper, three MAC protocols, EE-MAC, CF-MAC and OD-MAC, are proposed. EE-MAC incorporates emergency communication and allows immediate channel access for emergency traffic. CF-MAC compensates regulatory and open-loop control traffic and introduces a prioritized access for high priority nodes. It also allows nodes with critical data to reserve communication slots using control channel. Whereas OD-MAC presents a deadline based dynamic scheduler which ensures timely delivery of time-critical information. The paper presents mathematical modelling of the proposed protocols. For evaluation purposes, the performance of the proposed protocols is compared to IEEE 802.15.4e LLDN. The results show that the proposed protocols offer up to 92% reduction in delay in emergency communications at the cost of 5% to 15% increase in delay of time-insensitive data. A 60% and 85% reduction was observed in the channel access delay for regulatory and open-loop control traffic respectively along with notable improvements in communications reliability.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hussain, Dr Sajjad
• Authors: Raza, M., Le-minh, H., Aslam, N., and Hussain, S.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
• Journal Name: Computers and Electrical Engineering
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0045-7906
• ISSN (Online): 1879-0755
• Published Online: 09 March 2018
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd.
• First Published: First published in Computers and Electrical Engineering 72: 976-989
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher