2nd International ICST Workshop on Security and Multimodality in Pervasive Environments

Research Article

Congestion Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Handling Prioritized Heterogeneous Traffic

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.MOBIQUITOUS2008.3829,
        author={Muhammad Mostafa  Monowar and Md. Obaidur Rahman and Al-Sakib Khan Pathan and Choong Seon  Hong},
        title={Congestion Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Handling Prioritized Heterogeneous Traffic},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Workshop on Security and Multimodality in Pervasive Environments},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={SMPE},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Heterogeneous Congestion Inter-Queue Intra-Queue Scheduler},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.MOBIQUITOUS2008.3829}
    }
    
  • Muhammad Mostafa Monowar
    Md. Obaidur Rahman
    Al-Sakib Khan Pathan
    Choong Seon Hong
    Year: 2010
    Congestion Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Handling Prioritized Heterogeneous Traffic
    SMPE
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.MOBIQUITOUS2008.3829
Muhammad Mostafa Monowar1,*, Md. Obaidur Rahman1,*, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan1,*, Choong Seon Hong1,*
  • 1: Department of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 1 Seocheon, Giheung, Yongin 449701, South Korea
*Contact email: monowar@networking.khu.ac.kr, rupam@networking.khu.ac.kr, spathan@ieee.org, cshong@khu.ac.kr

Abstract

Heterogeneous applications could be assimilated within the same wireless sensor network with the aid of modern motes that have multiple sensor boards on a single radio board. Different types of data generated from such types of motes might have different transmission characteristics in terms of priority, transmission rate, required bandwidth, tolerable packet loss, delay demands etc. Considering a sensor network consisting of such multi-purpose nodes, in this paper we propose Prioritized Heterogeneous Traffic-oriented Congestion Control Protocol (PHTCCP) which ensures efficient rate control for prioritized heterogeneous traffic. Our protocol uses intra-queue and inter-queue priorities for ensuring feasible transmission rates of heterogeneous data. It also guarantees efficient link utilization by using dynamic transmission rate adjustment. Detailed analysis and simulation results are presented along with the description of our protocol to demonstrate its effectiveness in handling prioritized heterogeneous traffic in wireless sensor networks.