Exploiting programmable architectures for WiFi/ZigBee inter-technology cooperation
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- Peter De Valck (UGent) , Ingrid Moerman (UGent) , D Croce, F Guiliano, I Tinnirello, D Garlisli, Eli De Poorter (UGent) and Bart Jooris (UGent)
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- Abstract
- The increasing complexity of wireless standards has shown that protocols cannot be designed once for all possible deployments, especially when unpredictable and mutating interference situations are present due to the coexistence of heterogeneous technologies. As such, flexibility and (re)programmability of wireless devices is crucial in the emerging scenarios of technology proliferation and unpredictable interference conditions. In this paper, we focus on the possibility to improve coexistence performance of WiFi and ZigBee networks by exploiting novel programmable architectures of wireless devices able to support run-time modifications of medium access operations. Differently from software-defined radio (SDR) platforms, in which every function is programmed from scratch, our programmable architectures are based on a clear decoupling between elementary commands (hard-coded into the devices) and programmable protocol logic (injected into the devices) according to which the commands execution is scheduled. Our contribution is two-fold: first, we designed and implemented a cross-technology time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme devised to provide a global synchronization signal and allocate alternating channel intervals to WiFi and ZigBee programmable nodes; second, we used the OMF control framework to define an interference detection and adaptation strategy that in principle could work in independent and autonomous networks. Experimental results prove the benefits of the envisioned solution.
- Keywords
- MAC protocols, IBCN, Protocol prototyping, Wireless network control, Interference avoidance, Cognitive networks, Dynamic MAC adaptation, Cross-technology interference, INTERFERENCE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5786829
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- De Valck, Peter, et al. “Exploiting Programmable Architectures for WiFi/ZigBee Inter-Technology Cooperation.” EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, vol. 212, 2014, pp. 1–13, doi:10.1186/1687-1499-2014-212.
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- De Valck, P., Moerman, I., Croce, D., Guiliano, F., Tinnirello, I., Garlisli, D., … Jooris, B. (2014). Exploiting programmable architectures for WiFi/ZigBee inter-technology cooperation. EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, 212, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-212
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- De Valck, Peter, Ingrid Moerman, D Croce, F Guiliano, I Tinnirello, D Garlisli, Eli De Poorter, and Bart Jooris. 2014. “Exploiting Programmable Architectures for WiFi/ZigBee Inter-Technology Cooperation.” EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING 212: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2014-212.
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- De Valck, Peter, Ingrid Moerman, D Croce, F Guiliano, I Tinnirello, D Garlisli, Eli De Poorter, and Bart Jooris. 2014. “Exploiting Programmable Architectures for WiFi/ZigBee Inter-Technology Cooperation.” EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING 212: 1–13. doi:10.1186/1687-1499-2014-212.
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- 1.De Valck P, Moerman I, Croce D, Guiliano F, Tinnirello I, Garlisli D, et al. Exploiting programmable architectures for WiFi/ZigBee inter-technology cooperation. EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING. 2014;212:1–13.
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- [1]P. De Valck et al., “Exploiting programmable architectures for WiFi/ZigBee inter-technology cooperation,” EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, vol. 212, pp. 1–13, 2014.
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