1. Data-centric communication strategy for wireless sensor networks
- Author
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Tetsuya Shigeyasu and Tetsuro Kuniyasu
- Subjects
020203 distributed computing ,Data collection ,Computer science ,business.industry ,02 engineering and technology ,Database-centric architecture ,law.invention ,Relay ,law ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Wireless ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Network conditions ,business ,Internet of Things ,Wireless sensor network ,Computer network - Abstract
Recently, the popularity of the internet of things technology has highlighted the importance of performance for gathering data over multi-hop wireless sensor nodes. Data obtained from the sensor nodes is used by individual as well as multiple users. Therefore, a data-centric communication strategy is ideal for efficient data gathering and delivery. This paper proposes the implementation of a new data-centric communication strategy based on the named data network (NDN) to wireless sensor network (WSN) for achieving efficient communication performance. We discuss the modification of the NDN, which is originally developed for a wired network, for achieving better communication performance even in wireless communication networks. Specifically, we discuss the methods for constructing the reverse path of the required contents and for selecting the adequate next hop relay node of the forwarding interest. We propose new methods considering the broadcast nature of the wireless channels. Using computer simulations, we confirm that our proposed methods reduce the redundant transmissions by selecting a proper route based on network conditions.
- Published
- 2018