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access icon free Sleeping ZigBee networks at the application layer

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Received 28/11/2012, Accepted 06/09/2013, Revised 29/07/2013, Published 19/12/2013

ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 is one of the most used standards for low-power applications. However, full function devices must be always active to route data in a mesh network. The objective of this work is to implement a sleeping technique at the application layer that enables sleep mode for all nodes of a ZigBee network. A time synchronisation mechanism to deal with the clock drift of the sensor nodes was developed. The technique also enables the recovery of lost messages. A large network is organised into smaller groups to reduce latency and packet collisions. The active interval of each node is dynamically adapted to the network operation to optimise the energy consumption. The proposed technique was applied to a real testbed and the increase in energy efficiency was evaluated. The results demonstrated energy savings of about 95% for networks containing up to 20 nodes per group and wake up periods longer than 2 min.

Inspec keywords: Zigbee; telecommunication network routing; energy consumption; synchronisation; energy conservation

Other keywords: application layer; energy saving; low-power application; ZigBee-IEEE 802.15.4 network; mesh network; energy consumption; lost message recovery; sleep mode; sensor node; packet collision; clock drift; energy efficiency; data routing

Subjects: Communication network design, planning and routing; Telecommunication applications; Radio links and equipment; Computer networks and techniques

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