Joint Adaptive Redundancy and Partial Retransmission for Reliable Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks

Hao Wen, Chuang Lin, Fengyuan Ren, Hongkun Yang, Tao He, Eryk Dutkiewicz

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    Abstract

    As a potentially competitive technique, erasure coding has been employed in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to enhance transmission reliability. In this paper, to design a practical and efficient redundancy mechanism in WSNs, we firstly provide a theoretical study of packet delivery probability and average energy consumption for retransmission and redundancy mechanisms. The theoretical results indicate that in WSNs, the adaptive redundancy coding mechanism is more energy efficient than retransmission while keeping the same level of reliability in most scenarios. Then based on the mapping table and two basic design principles obtained from the theoretical analysis, we propose a reliable transport protocol ARRTP which combines the adaptive redundancy mechanism and partial retransmission. The simulation and trace-driven results both verify that when the loss probability varies from low to high, our protocol provides reliability with comparably lower energy consumption. Furthermore, compared with fixed redundancy degrees, the robustness of the adaptive mechanism are also evaluated.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2008 IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (Ipccc)
    Editors IEEE
    Place of PublicationNewYork, USA
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    Pages303-310
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Print)9781424433681
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    EventIEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference - USA
    Duration: 7 Dec 20089 Dec 2008

    Conference

    ConferenceIEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference
    CityUSA
    Period7/12/089/12/08

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