2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

SS-trees: a cross-layer organizational approach for mesh-based wide-area wireless sensor networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589692,
        author={Rick W. Ha and Pin-Han  Ho and X. Sherman  Shen},
        title={SS-trees: a cross-layer organizational approach for mesh-based wide-area wireless sensor networks},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2006},
        month={2},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589692}
    }
    
  • Rick W. Ha
    Pin-Han Ho
    X. Sherman Shen
    Year: 2006
    SS-trees: a cross-layer organizational approach for mesh-based wide-area wireless sensor networks
    BROADNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589692
Rick W. Ha1,*, Pin-Han Ho1,*, X. Sherman Shen1,*
  • 1: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
*Contact email: rwkha@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca , pinhan@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca , xshen@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca

Abstract

Because of their pervasiveness and autonomy in operation, mesh-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are an ideal candidate in offering sustained monitoring functions at reasonable cost over a wide area. However, devising an energy-efficient, cost-effective and reliable communication strategy for WSNs requires tight collaboration of all of the sublayers, which introduces new technical challenges in the areas of data, network and power management. This paper proposes a cross-layer sleep-scheduling-based organizational approach, called SS-Trees, that aims to harmonize the various engineering issues and provides a method of increasing monitoring coverage and operational lifetime of mesh-based WSNs engaged in wide-area surveillance applications. An integer linear programming (TLP) formulation based on Dijkstra's algorithm and an iterative algorithmic approach are also suggested to determine the feasible SS-Tree structures for achieving such design goals