Control Mechanisms for Heterogeneous Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

异构无线自组网和传感器网络的控制机制

• 批准号: RGPIN-2018-05764
• 负责人: Harms, Janelle
• 金额: $ 3.35万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=750504
• 关键词: Control; Mechanisms; Heterogeneous; Wireless; Ad

Wireless communication in urban environments is significantly hampered by interference from external sources and from co-located networks. In radio wireless networks, access to the shared physical transmission medium must be arbitrated. This accounts for significant delay and loss of throughput even when the nodes follow the same medium access control protocol. It is much more difficult to deal with interference that is external (for example, from electronic devices) or from other networks with different medium access protocols. With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) this problem will escalate significantly. Mobility adds another dimension to the problem by creating a non-uniform distribution of mobile nodes that can lead to more contention. I propose a research program to design adaptive network control mechanisms to enable and improve communication over wireless networks. My first research direction is to develop control mechanisms to enable effective communication in the presence of interference. We will investigate the nature of external interference by collecting and analysing real samples (traces) using software-defined radios. This knowledge will be used to design and evaluate network control mechanisms. We will investigate the best combination of centralized versus distributed control over different time-frames. Next, we will experiment with software-defined radios to investigate the problem of how nodes can identify different types of networks. We will develop strategies to dynamically adjust different medium access control parameters to adapt to the channel conditions. Adding flow control mechanisms to multi-hop networks with multi-packet reception will further improve throughput. Cloud-based systems will be used to bring interference information of a larger set of nodes together, allowing us to identify fairness issues and adapt to changing network conditions. Interference is increasingly an issue in communication and therefore, understanding its nature and developing adaptive control mechanisms is important for wireless applications.The second research direction considers the problem of mobility in wireless ad hoc networks and its effect on access to resources. Like interference, this creates heterogeneity in the access to network resources. For example, mobile nodes that rely on batteries, may move towards charging stations to renew their batteries creating opportunities for communication but also congestion in access to the wireless network. Recent advances in energy harvesting and wireless energy transfer open up new opportunities to design self-sustaining networks, but control mechanisms are required to fulfill that promise. Therefore the second research direction is to design control mechanisms that exploit these capabilities and enable applications to adapt to the variability of energy sources in mobile ad hoc wireless networks.

城市环境中的无线通信受到外部源和共址网络干扰的严重阻碍。在无线电无线网络中，必须仲裁对共享物理传输介质的访问。 即使节点遵循相同的介质访问控制协议，这也会导致显着的延迟和吞吐量损失。处理外部干扰（例如来自电子设备的干扰）或来自具有不同媒体访问协议的其他网络的干扰要困难得多。 随着物联网（IoT）的出现，这个问题将显着升级。 移动性通过创建移动节点的不均匀分布而增加了问题的另一个维度，这可能导致更多的争用。 我提出了一个研究计划来设计自适应网络控制机制，以实现和改善无线网络的通信。我的第一个研究方向是开发控制机制，以便在存在干扰的情况下实现有效的通信。我们将通过使用软件定义的无线电收集和分析真实样本（痕迹）来调查外部干扰的本质。这些知识将用于设计和评估网络控制机制。我们将研究不同时间范围内集中式与分布式控制的最佳组合。接下来，我们将尝试软件定义的无线电，以研究节点如何识别不同类型网络的问题。我们将制定策略来动态调整不同的媒体访问控制参数以适应信道条件。向具有多数据包接收的多跳网络添加流量控制机制将进一步提高吞吐量。 基于云的系统将用于将更大的节点集的干扰信息汇集在一起​​，使我们能够识别公平性问题并适应不断变化的网络条件。干扰日益成为通信中的一个问题，因此，了解其本质并开发自适应控制机制对于无线应用非常重要。第二个研究方向考虑无线自组织网络中的移动性问题及其对资源访问的影响。 与干扰一样，这会造成网络资源访问的异构性。 例如，依赖电池的移动节点可能会向充电站移动以更新电池，这创造了通信机会，但也造成了无线网络接入的拥塞。能量收集和无线能量传输的最新进展为设计自维持网络提供了新的机会，但需要控制机制来实现这一承诺。因此，第二个研究方向是设计利用这些功能的控制机制，并使应用程序能够适应移动自组织无线网络中能源的变化。