Impact of node heterogeneity in ZigBee mesh network routing

Nia Chiang Liang; Ping Chieh Chen; Tony Sun; Guang Yang; Ling Jyh Chen; Mario Gerla

doi:10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384380

Impact of node heterogeneity in ZigBee mesh network routing

Nia Chiang Liang^*
, Ping Chieh Chen
, Tony Sun
, Guang Yang
, Ling Jyh Chen
, Mario Gerla

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Based on the IEEE 802.15.4 LR-WPAN standard, the ZigBee standard has been proposed to interconnect simple, low rate, and battery powered wireless devices. The deployment of ZigBee networks is expected to facilitate numerous applications, such as home-appliance networks, home healthcare, medical monitoring, consumer electronics, and environmental sensors. An effective routing scheme in a ZigBee network is particularly important in that it is the key to achieve resource (e.g., bandwidth and energy) efficiency in ZigBee networks. Routing in a ZigBee network is not exactly the same as in a MANET. In particular, while Full Function Devices (FFD) can serve as network coordinators or network routers, Reduced Function Devices (RFD) can only associate and communicate with FFDs in a ZigBee network. Therefore, different from traditional MANET routing algorithms, which only take into account node mobility to figure out a best route to a given destination, node heterogeneity plays an important role in ZigBee network routing. In this paper, we perform extensive evaluation, using NS-2 simulator, to study the impact of node heterogeneity on ZigBee mesh network routing. The results show that the ZigBee mesh routing algorithm exhibits significant performance difference when the network is highly heterogenous. We also reveal that the node type and the role of the node plays a critical role in deciding routing performances.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	187-191
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	1424401003, 9781424401000
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384380
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 2006 Oct 8 → 2006 Oct 11

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Name	Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	1062-922X

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Other	2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Taipei
Period	2006/10/08 → 2006/10/11

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Liang, N. C., Chen, P. C., Sun, T., Yang, G., Chen, L. J., & Gerla, M. (2006). Impact of node heterogeneity in ZigBee mesh network routing. In 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (pp. 187-191). Article 4273827 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics; Vol. 1). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384380

Impact of node heterogeneity in ZigBee mesh network routing. / Liang, Nia Chiang; Chen, Ping Chieh; Sun, Tony et al.
2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2006. p. 187-191 4273827 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics; Vol. 1).

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Liang, NC, Chen, PC, Sun, T, Yang, G, Chen, LJ & Gerla, M 2006, Impact of node heterogeneity in ZigBee mesh network routing. in 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics., 4273827, Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, vol. 1, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 187-191, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Taipei, Taiwan, 2006/10/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384380

Liang NC, Chen PC, Sun T, Yang G, Chen LJ, Gerla M. Impact of node heterogeneity in ZigBee mesh network routing. In 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2006. p. 187-191. 4273827. (Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics). doi: 10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384380

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