A Simulation Model for the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol: Delay/Throughput Evaluation of the GTS Mechanism
Ref: HURRAY-TR-071001 Publication Date: 24 to 26, Oct, 2007
A Simulation Model for the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol: Delay/Throughput Evaluation of the GTS Mechanism
Ref: HURRAY-TR-071001 Publication Date: 24 to 26, Oct, 2007Abstract:
The IEEE 802.15.4 protocol has the ability to support
time-sensitive Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications due
to the Guaranteed Time Slot (GTS) Medium Access Control
mechanism. Recently, several analytical and simulation models
of the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol have been proposed. Nevertheless,
currently available simulation models for this protocol are both
inaccurate and incomplete, and in particular they do not support
the GTS mechanism. In this paper, we propose an accurate
OPNET simulation model, with focus on the implementation of
the GTS mechanism. The motivation that has driven this work is
the validation of the Network Calculus based analytical model of
the GTS mechanism that has been previously proposed and to
compare the performance evaluation of the protocol as given by
the two alternative approaches. Therefore, in this paper we
contribute an accurate OPNET model for the IEEE 802.15.4
protocol. Additionally, and probably more importantly, based on
the simulation model we propose a novel methodology to tune
the protocol parameters such that a better performance of the
protocol can be guaranteed, both concerning maximizing the
throughput of the allocated GTS as well as concerning
minimizing frame delay.
Petr Jurcik
Anis Koubâa
Eduardo Tovar
Zdeněk Hanzálek
Mário AlvesDocument:
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DownloadMASCOTS´07, 15th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, Edited: IEEE, pp 109-116.
Istambul, Türkiye.
DOI:10.1109/MASCOTS.2007.4.
WOS ID: 000265212400016.
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Record Date: 1, Oct, 2007