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Performance of WSNs under the Effect of Collisions and Interference

Author(s):

p.yeshwanth kumar , saveetha university; mani, saveetha university

Keywords:

WSN, Collisions, Interference, Goodput, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15.4, Low Power Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Energy Consumption.

Abstract

This paper proposes a methodology for calculating the energy consumed by a Wireless Sensor Network as well as its throughput under the effect of a jamming node modelling interference to account for collisions and retransmissions. Accordingly, the proposed methodology takes into consideration retransmissions and data dropped due to interference and collisions simulta-neously. Simulations are conducted using OPNET to model various scenarios utilizing off-the-shelf wireless communication standards, namely ZigBee, Wi-Fi and Low Power Wi-Fi. A figure of merit is developed to offer more representative results for applications with different requirements. In achieving different requirements for a given application, there is a clear trade-off between energy consumption and throughput.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV2I5334
Published in: Volume : 2, Issue : 5
Publication Date: 01/08/2014
Page(s): 563-568

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